§ 69. Mr. WILLIAM O'BRIENasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received a copy of a resolution unanimously passed by the Tralee Urban Council pointing out that under existing Municipal Housing Acts in Ireland it is impossible to build and let houses at rents which urban labourers can afford to pay, and respectfully urging on the Government the necessity for providing Grants for municipal housing schemes for the very poor on the same principle as under the Agricultural Labourers Acts, and suggesting that a portion of the Grant-in-Aid, which is Ireland's equivalent for the £1,800,000 a year recently voted to Great Britain, should be applied for the purpose; whether resolutions to the same purport have been generally passed throughout the country; and whether he will take steps to give effect to the petition of the Tralee Urban Council and of similar bodies?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI have received a copy of the resolution which the hon. Member mentions. The Government have already referred to a Committee the question of extending medical benefits to Ireland, and, pending its Report, I am not in a position to consider the suggestion contained in the last paragraph of the question.
§ Mr. W. O'BRIENHow soon may we expect the production of the Report?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI understand at a fairly early date.