§ MR. MOLLOYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, If he will lay upon the Table of the House the Report made to the Irish Government by Mr. Jenkinson and others upon the proposed Constabulary and Police Administration (Ireland) Bill of last Session; and, if it is proposed to reintroduce that Bill; if it was proposed to name Mr. Jenkinson the first Chief Commissioner under the Bill, and if one of the recommendations of such Report was as to the salary and allowances to the proposed Chief Commissioner, and if the amount recommended by such Report to be paid to such Commissioner was £2,000 per annum, and £400 for age allowance; what is the exact position now hold by Mr. Jenkinson in Ireland; and, whether he has been, or is about to be, appointed to some new official position in England?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe Report to which the hon. Member refers cannot be submitted to Parliament. I do not propose to re-introduce this Session a Bill creating a post of Chief Commissioner of Police. I must decline to say who might be considered suitable to fill 1655 a post which has not been created, or to slate any of the recommendations made by the Committee referred to, which was a confidential one. The exact position held by Mr. Jenkinson in Ireland is that of Assistant Under Secretary for Police and Crime. The work which he has to do in that capacity necessitates his being a good deal in London at the present time. He has not been, nor is he about to be, appointed to any now official position in England.