§ MR. WILLIAM O'BRIEN (Cork)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, if his attention has been drawn to a resolution of the Cork County Council calling for inquiry into the qualifications as an expert o Lord Ikerrin, recently appointed by the Department of Agriculture as a Commissioner for the protection of Irish butter against fraudulent imitation and adulteration; how soon the inquiry may be expected to take place; and whether having regard to the importance of the butter-producing industry in the south the representatives of the people on the county councils will have any share in the proposed inquiry.
MR. BRYCEThe hon. Member seems to be under a misapprehension as to the nature of the inquiry. It is to be one made by myself with some assistance, but it will not be in the nature of a body on which any representative authority could be appointed. I hope very soon to be able to announce the date at which it will begin—possibly in the course of next week.