§ Mr. FIELDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland (1) whether he can state if it is the intention of the Government to introduce 790W a Bill to give security of tenure to plot-holders in Ireland with a view to continuous increased food production in the neighbourhood of cities; and whether he will arrange that the grant per acre given to English allotment cultivators will be immediately extended to Ireland; and (2) whether he can state when it is intended to extend the grant per acre already paid to plot-holders in Great Britain to Irish plot-holders; and whether he will bring in a Bill to give security of tenure to Irish plot-holders and so continue the increased food supply?
§ Mr. SHORTTI would refer the hon. Member to the replies which have been given to previous questions on the subject. As regards the second part of the hon. Member's first question, arrangements have been made by the Department of Agriculture for the distribution in Ireland of a grant of the same nature as in England, but I would remind the hon. Member that neither in England nor Ireland does the grant go direct to the plot-holders.