§ MR. CHARLES CRAIG (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if new rules have been prepared for the working of the Purchase Acts by the Estates Commissioners; and, if so, will they be laid upon the Table before the prorogation of Parliament.
THé CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. BIRRELL, Bristol, N.)New rules are in course of preparation as provisional rules, and as soon as they have been made final they will be laid before Parliament pursuant to the provisions of the Irish Land Act, 1903 (sec. 23 (13) and (14)).
§ MR. CHARLES CRAIGasked whether the House would have an opportunity of discussing the whole policy of the Estates Commissioners, more especially with reference to estates in the west of Ireland.
§ *MR. SPEAKERsaid that was travelling very far from the Question on the Paper.
§ MR. CHARLES CRAIGBut, Sir, I understand that these rules embody the whole policy of the Government?
§ *MR. SPEAKERIf the hon. Member wishes to know if any opportunity will be given for discussing them he must put down a Question to that effect.