§ MR. GIBBS (Bristol, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the sales under the Land Act, 1903, are being taken and payments are therefore being made according to priority of application, or whether it is the intention of the Government to devote the money at their disposal primarily to the purchase of waste lands and of estates upon which evicted tenants are to be reinstated.
§ MR. BIRRELLIf the hon. Member will refer to the first clause of the regulations of the Lord-Lieutenant, dated 13th February, 1906, which were laid on the Table of the House, he will find the procedure as to priority fully stated. There is no present intention of altering these regulations.
§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid.)Does the right hon. Gentleman intend to give priority to the cases of evicted tenants?
§ MR. BIRRELLasked for notice.