– in the House of Commons at on 11 March 1929.
Sir William Davison
, Kensington South
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what was the total acreage of Irish land provided by Great Britain for Irish sailors and soldiers who fought in the great war under the Irish Land (Provision for Sailors and Soldiers) Act, 1919, in the Irish Free State and in Northern Ireland, respectively; and what is the total number of ex-service men provided with holdings in each of the above areas?
Lieut-Colonel Leo Amery
, Birmingham Sparkbrook
The total acreage of land distributed as holdings for ex-service men in Ireland is in round figures, in the Irish Free State 10,000 acres, in Northern Ireland 2,400 acres. The number of holdings respectively is 360 and 61. In addition in Northern Ireland four ex-service men already in possession of holdings were assisted by way of grants for improvements.
Sir William Davison
, Kensington South
Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether all the land has been allotted or whether there is land which has not been allotted?
Lieut-Colonel Leo Amery
, Birmingham Sparkbrook
I think it has all been allotted.
Mr Ernest Thurtle
, Shoreditch
Is it not a fact that there are six times as many small holdings provided in the Free State for ex-service men as there are in Northern Ireland.
Lieut-Colonel Leo Amery
, Birmingham Sparkbrook
The figures are contained in my answer.
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