§ MR. TULLYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received any representation from the Irish Forestry Society as to the necessity of tree planting in two and a half million acres of waste land in Ireland; and whether he can state what steps he proposes to take by means of legislation, or otherwise, in this matter.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Department has received no recent representations from the Society on the subject, and does not propose to take any steps in this direction pending the issue of the Report of the Departmental committee on British Forestry. It has, however, made arrangements to afford expert advice to persons desiring to improve or extend their woodlands.