HC Deb 25 August 1909 vol 9 cc2093-4
Captain CLIVE

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland how many full meetings and how many committee meetings of the Congested Districts Board have been held in the last year for which figures are available, and how many of these meetings have been attended by the Chief Secretary and the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction respectively?

The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Birrell)

Thirteen meetings of the Congested Districts Board and 54 committee meetings were held during the year ended 31st July last. I attended three of the meetings of the Board, and I am in- formed that my right hon. Friend the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture attended one.