§ MR. HALPIN (Clare, W.)To ask the President of the Board, of Trade whether he is aware that tenants holding small farms on the River Fergus, County Clare, the valuation being from £50 to £60, are obliged to keep up the banks, in some cases half a mile in length, that protect slob lands valued at £3,500, and that, if the bank is broken by the tide in stormy weather damage may be done to the tenants on the slob lands of the large valuation; and will he take steps to secure that the tenants or tenant on the small holding shall not be responsible for such damage.
† See Column 701–2.
* MR. BRYCEThe question is being investigated by a Royal Commission, and any facts of this nature might be laid before the Commission by the hon. Member.