§ MR. SHEEHAN (Cork County, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in-view of the fact that the Reports of Poor Law inspectors in Ireland were furnished for the information of Parliament in Paper C. 764 of the year 1873, and that this precedent was followed in the case of the Land Bill of last session when 154 Mr. Bailey's special Report was published, he will, in view of the greater interest now attaching to the housing of the working classes, and in view of promised legislation, reconsider his decision on this subject and issue the specially prepared Reports from his Local Government Board inspectors.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThere is no analogy between the Reports published in 1873 and the Reports recently made by the Inspectors. The former were prepared with a view to publication, but the recent Reports, as I have already pointed out, were intended for the private and confidential information of the Board and myself. With respect to Mr. Bailey's Report, I must refer the hon. Member to my reply to his previous Question of the 11th February†.