HC Deb 07 March 1906 vol 153 cc429-30
MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will supply a list of fair rents fixed by the Sub-Commissions of the Irish Land Commission on the estate of the Earl of Annesley, in county Down, in the rural districts of Banbridge, Kilkeel, and Downpatrick, since the 1st day of November, 1904, showing the old and new rents, and percentage of reduction, and giving in each case the name of the lay Commissioner on whose inspection and report the rent was fixed.

(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Land Commission inform me that the decisions in the fair rent cases referred to were announced in open court. In addition, each party was notified of the result, and and a list of the decisions was posted at the court house in which the hearing took place. The names of the legal and lay Assistant Commissioners, who adjudicate upon fair rent applications, are also stated in the published lists. This is the general rule, and the Land Commission are of opinion that no useful public purpose would be served by making a separate return in reference to a particular estate.