§ Mr. FFRENCHasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he is aware that there has recently been a question between the War Office and the Irish county surveyors as to compensation to be paid to Irish county councils for damage done to the roads by the haulage of timber required for war purposes; whether it is proposed to hold a Conference on the subject in London, and that the Irish surveyors are asking for a Conference in Dublin where all of them could attend; and, seeing that English conditions are different from Irish conditions and that very few Irish surveyors could attend in London, and that the Irish claims might not be fully advocated or get sufficient hearing, will the wishes of the Irish surveyors be acceded to by holding a special Conference in Dublin?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe proposed Conference to which the hon. Member refers has been postponed. Before it is summoned, the wishes of the Irish surveyors with regard to holding a special Conference in Dublin will be borne in mind.