§ MR. KENNEDY (Westmeath, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether the Local Government Board have been asked to hold an inquiry into the circumstances under which the representation papers of two labourers were mislaid in connection with an inquiry recently held by the Local Government Board Inspector under the Labourers' Acts in respect of Scheme No. 13, of the Mullingar Rural District Council, in consequence of which the applications of those labourers are excluded from the said scheme; and whether he will cause the Local Government Board to hold an inquiry into these circumstances.
§ M. WYNDHAMThis is not a matter into which the Local Government Board can properly direct a sworn inquiry. The District Council is fully competent to investigate the matter.