HC Deb 10 December 1906 vol 166 c1537
MR. MACVEAGH

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the classes under the County Down Committee of Agriculture for embroidery and sprigging at Kinallen, county Down, are to be held in the local Orange Hall; whether he is aware that a number of intending pupils decline to attend the classes under these circumstances; and whether it is intended to reconsider the arrangement.

(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Department of Agriculture are informed by the County Down Committee that the embroidery class at Kinallen is held in the Orange Hall because no other room is available. The Committee state that they are not aware of any intending pupils who decline to attend the class because it is held in the Orange Hall, and that no representations have been made to them in favour of a change of the place of meeting. In these circumstances, and in view of the fact that the Kinallen district is wholly inhabited by Protestants, the Committee say that they do not see their way to alter the present arrangements.