HC Deb 26 November 1908 vol 197 c694
MR. MOORE (Armagh, N.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that dissatisfaction exists in Ireland among vendors of land and their tenants at the methods by which certain estates in the books of the Estates Commissioners appear to have gained an undue priority over others originally earlier in point of time; and if he will grant the Return to be moved for by the hon. Member for North Armagh.

MR. BIRRELL

I am not aware of any ground for the suggestion that certain estates on the books of the Estates Commissioners have received undue priority, and I am not prepared to grant the Return asked for by the hon. Member.

MR. CULLINAN

Has not the hon. Member for North Armagh been asking thirty one years purchase for his land?

MR. BIRRELL

I cannot say.