HC Deb 24 November 1902 vol 115 cc246-7
* MR. LONSDALE () Armagh, Mid

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Local Government Board will institute an inquiry into the boundaries of County Council electoral divisions upon receiving a memorial from any considerable body of county electors.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM,) Dover

By Article 25 of the Application of Enactments Order of 1898, the power of the Board to institute an inquiry of this character is expressly provided to be dependent upon the receipt of a representation from the council of a county or borough. The reply to my hon. Friend's Question is, therefore, in the negative. I see many objections to dealing with the question of redistribution in a piecemeal manner.