HC Deb 20 June 1904 vol 136 cc498-9
MR. JOSEPH DEVLIN

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Poor Law Reform Commission have as yet formulated their Report as the result of their sittings in the provinces of Ulster and Leinster; and, if not, can he say at what date the Report on these provinces may be expected.

MR. WYNDHAM

The Commissioners do not propose to issue Reports according to provinces. They consider it would be open to objection to deal with the matter except as a whole and until all the evidence affecting Poor Law administration, generally, has been received and carefully † See (4) Debates, cxxxv., 1478 and 1495. considered. I may add that the Commissioners will this week have completed their inquiries in twenty-three out of the thirty-two counties in Ireland.