§ Mr. YOUNGasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he will be prepared to favourably consider Amendments to the Land Bill in the direction of further facilitating the transfer of town holdings to the tenants where the town is part of an estate under sale?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners make advances under the existing law for the purchase of town holdings comprised in estates mainly agricultural or pastoral, when they consider the security to be sufficient. Amendments of the nature indicated in the question would not therefore appear to be necessary.