§ MR. P. A. M'HUGH (Leitrim, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, is he aware that the Local Government Board of Ireland refused to sanction the erection of a labourer's cottage in Dromore West Union for a labourer named Michael Carvey, of Carrowkilpatrick, Dromard; is he aware that Mrs. Hart, a local landowner, is now prepared to give a site; can he explain on what grounds the sanction of the Local Government Board was refused; and will he order inquiries to be made in regard to this matter, and instruct the Local Government Board to allow the cottage to be erected without undue delay, in case no serious obstacle exists?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe honourable Member has been misinformed as regards this case. The Local Government Board did not refuse to sanction the erection of the cottage in question; on the contrary, they approved of it.