52. Mr. T. THOMSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total sum lent or guaranteed by the British Government to date for the purposes of purchasing land, farms, or for building houses in Ireland; and the average terms as regards interest, repayment charges, and length of loans?
§ Sir JOHN BAIRD (for Mr. Hilton Young)The hon. Member will find some particulars on these subjects in the Eighty-ninth Report of the Commissioners of Public Works, Ireland (Command Paper 1481 of 1921) and the last Report of the Irish Land Commissioners (Command Paper 572 of 1920), to which I would refer him.
Mr. THOMSONWill the Government make similar grants to English and Scottish authorities for housing purposes?
§ Sir J. BAIRDIt is not in my province to deal with that.