§ MR. HAVILAND BURKE (King's County, Tullamore)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that certain landlords in the King's County are taking legal proceedings against tenants for practically irrecoverable arrears of rent; and whether, following the example of one of his predecessors in office, the right hon. Member for West Bristol, he can consider the advisability of bringing friendly pressure within the law to bear on these cases.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) There are no cases in this county, so far as I have been able to ascertain, in which proceedings have been instituted against tenants for practically irrecoverable arrears of rent. Proceedings are pending in only fourteen cases throughout the entire county for the recovery of arrears of rent, and only ten evictions for non-payment of rent were carried out in the county during the past year. The relations between landlords and tenants are most amicable.