HC Deb 29 April 1901 vol 93 cc71-2
MR. TULLY

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state on what grounds District Inspector M'Clelland refuses to carry out the resolutions of the Boyle Town Commissioners, under the Towns Improvement Acts, with regard to preventing the sale of pigs on the public streets on the days not appointed for such sale; whether he is aware that previous district inspectors always enforced such directions; and that District Inspector M'Clelland's refusal to act similarly dates from the period when the Town Commissioners had occasion to report him to his authorities for ordering baton charges on the people; and whether he will state what steps he proposes to take in this matter.

MR. WYNDHAM

The resolutions have not been confirmed by the Local Government Board as required by statute, and until this has been done the police cannot enforce the resolutions. They were never enforced by previous district inspectors. It is incorrect to say that the Town Commissioners complained of Mr. M'Clelland personally.