§ MR. MCCARTAN (Down, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the Report of Mr. Agnew, the experienced Local Government inspector, as to the quality of the food and the verminous state of the bedding in Lisburn Workhouse, the employment of male pauper lunatics in the laundry, and their want of classification; whether he can state the name of the official responsible for this state of affairs; and if steps will be taken, in the 692 interests of the inmates, to have some improvement made?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURIt is the fact that Mr. Agnew, after his recent inspection of the Lisburn Workhouse, made a Report in which he drew attention to the matters mentioned in the first paragraph. The board of guardians have called upon the master of the workhouse to furnish an explanation with reference to these matters, and the visiting committee have been summoned to consider and make recommendations for remedying the defects complained of by the inspector.