HC Deb 23 February 1899 vol 67 cc277-8
MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN

On behalf of the honourable Member for the St. Patrick Division of Dublin I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce a. Bill this Session to secure farm tenants in Ireland in their holdings and improvements, and to enable judicial rents to be fixed?

THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR,) Leeds, Central

I presume the question of the honourable Member is intended to refer to town tenants, not farm tenants? The reply is in the negative.