§ Mr. FIELDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that the President of the Local Government Board gave a grant for land and trees to be planted in the City of Leeds; and whether such a grant can be given to any part of Ireland?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe hon. Member appears to have been misinformed. I understand that no grant has been given for land and trees to be planted in the City of Leeds. Payments have, however, been made from the Parliamentary Grant in aid of expenditure under the Unemployed Workmen Act, 1905, to the Leeds Distress Committee in respect of the wages of men employed in afforestation on lands belonging to the corporation some 15 miles from the City.