§ MR. FIELDTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the House of Commons unanimously passed a Resolution in favour of extending the Allotments Act to Ireland; and whether he will consider the advisability of introducing the measure at an early date.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The hon. Member doubtless refers to the Resolution made on the 13th of April 1894, in which the House expressed the opinion that the facilities for obtaining land possessed by England should be extended to Ireland. I would, however, remind the hon. Member that since then a great deal has been done by the Labourers' Acts to give effect to the principle of the Resolution, and the Bill at present before the House will, when it passes into law, hasten the provision of labourers' cottages and plots. The precise provisions of the Allotments Acts are hardly suitable to the circumstances of Ireland.