§ MR. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM (Lanark, N.W.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If it is a fact that Police Constable 529 V was sent to the house of a man named Dalshaw, on July 20, to ask him if he contemplated speaking at a meeting next Monday, and if he also stated that he had orders to report the time and place of all Socialist meetings to the District Inspector; if this was by Sir Charles Warren's orders, and if this system of police supervision exists by the Home Secretary's authority; and whether the supervision extends to all public meetings?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)I am informed by the Chief Commissioner that no such inquiry was made by the police constable; that no such statement was ever made by him to Dalshaw; that no such orders had been issued; and that, therefore, there could be no system of police supervision; and that the man Dalshaw was quite unknown to the police.