§ Mr. PATRICK WHITEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, having regard to the local unrest in the neighbourhood of Spandaw, Kells, county Meath, where a public meeting was proclaimed recently, and to the necessity of enlarging some of the small holdings in the vicinity, he will sugest to the Estates Commissioners the advisability of approaching the owner of Spandaw, Major Dyas, with a view to purchasing the lands for purposes of distribution?
§ Mr. BIRRELLAs the hon. Member has already been informed, the Estates Commissioners have intimated to the owner the price they will advance for the purchase of these lands in the event of his instituting formal proceedings for sale, and as they are not prepared to increase this price they do not see that any useful purpose would be served by their taking any further action in the matter.