§ MR. YOUNG (Cavan, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1) whether his attention has been called to the attempts made in the Law Courts by certain landlords in counties Down and Antrim to deny the existence of the tenant-right custom of Ulster on their estates; (2) whether he is aware of the strong feelings which this conduct has roused among the Ulster farmers; and (3) whether Government intend to take any steps for their protection and for the preservation of the Ulster customs?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELANDI have no knowledge of the matter referred to in the first part of this Question. There have, 1200 I believe, been meetings of tenants in the North of Ireland called for the protection of their interests. As to the third paragraph, the rights of tenants in connection with the Ulster custom are adequately protected under existing legislation.