§ MR. GINNELLI beg to ask the secretary to the Treasury whether there is any class of cases other than these under the Irish Land Act of 1903, in which the Treasury advances a so-called price, and a bonus calculated upon that price for jointly-owned property to one of the joint owners, and holds the other joint owner responsible for the repayment of the entire price with interest, al though to the extent of his property there is no sale to him; and will the Treasury have the validity of the decision tested, according to which numerous transactions of this kind are now in progress in Ireland.
§ MR. MCKENNAGenerally speaking, Irish property cannot technically be said to be jointly owned by landlord and tenant, but assuming the hon. Member means by the expression, tenant right combined with the landlord's ownership, 1299 I am not aware of any cases of the kind referred to. In any case the Treasury have no power to interfere.