§ 9. Mr. FIELDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he has received a resolution from the St. Patrick's Division Plot Holders' Federation asking that land in Phoenix Park should be provided for applicants who have not yet obtained plots; and whether he has considered the advisability of introducing a measure to give similar security of tenure as already given by Statute to allotment holders in Great Britain?
§ The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND (Mr. Arthur Samuels)My right hon. Friend has received the resolution referred to. I cannot add anything to the answer to the hon. Member's question in the official report of the 11th March. As to the rest of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the answers to his questions on the 5th August and 18th October.
§ Mr. FIELDIs it the intention of the Government to grant the same security of tenure to plot holders in Ireland as exists in England at the present time?
§ Mr. SAMUELSI cannot add anything to the answer.
§ Mr. BYRNEMay I, as a member of the Vacant Lands Cultivation Society in Dublin, ask the hon. Gentleman whether he is aware that we have over 4,000 applications for land to grow potatoes, and, having regard to the Prime Minister's request that everybody should grow potatoes, will he see that these people get some of the spare land?
§ Mr. SAMUELSI think the hon. Member had better put down a question.