HC Deb 27 February 1905 vol 141 cc1330-1
MR. REDDY

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that the police assisted in several seizures for rent recently on the property of Lord Ash-brook and other landlords in the King's County; and, if so, will he say what necessity existed for the expenditure of public money in connection with proceedings that were carried out for the purpose of forcing tenants into purchasing their holdings at prices they considered too high.

MR. WYNDHAM

The police rendered no such assistance. They attended on the requisition of the sheriff, as they were by law bound to do, to protect his bailiff in the execution of Writs of the Superior Court. No expense to the public was incurred.