HC Deb 21 July 1910 vol 19 cc1422-3
Mr. LONSDALE

asked whether any valuers have yet been appointed by the Congested Districts Board; and, if so, what were their names?

Mr. BIRRELL

The Congested Districts Board have appointed six temporary valuers, namely, Messrs. Matthew Flanagan, William Roberts, Charles Webb, Robert M. Marsh, Thomas S. Moyles, and James P. Dowling.

Mr. LONSDALE

Will the right hon. Gentleman consider the advisability of giving some of these positions to applicants from the North of Ireland, having regard to the fact that the gentlemen appointed were all Nationalists?

Mr. BIRRELL

I can only say that the question of the appointment of these persons was referred by the Congested Districts Board to a very small representa- tive sub-committee, who undertook the most disagreeable task of sorting out these gentlemen from a very large number, and they came to a conclusion in the exercise of their discretion.

Mr. LONSDALE

Will the right hon. Gentleman inform the House who the committee were?

Mr. BIRRELL

No, Sir; they were a committee of the Congested Districts Board.