§ Mr. PATRICK WHITEasked the Irish Chief Secretary whether some of the tenants on the estate of Colonel Alexander, Garrestown, county Dublin, have refused to purchase their holdings until some provision is made to keep the land arterially drained; whether the Estates Commissioners have considered the matter; and what steps they propose to take?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that the tenants of ten holdings on this estate have not yet entered into purchase agreements for various reasons. The question of arterial drainage, to which the hon. Member refers, is at present under consideration.