§ MR. S. SMITH (Flintshire)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether the report is true that, at a farm named Marian Bach, situate in the parish of Cwm, in the County of Flint, during a settlement of tithe on Thursday, the 9th day of February, a Mrs. Davies, wife of the farmer, while standing in her own doorway, was either struck or pushed in the breast by an Emergency man, until she reeled backwards and fell; and that the Superintendent in charge of the police had to take him by the collar and remove him, in order to prevent a breach of the peace?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)Yes; I have received a Report from the Chief Constable of Flintshire, who informs me that the date of the occurrence was the 26th of January, not the 9th of February. He states that not one of the allegations contained in the Question is founded on fact; but that, on the contrary, the Emergency man was assaulted by Mrs. Davies, who rushed at him and struck at him with a thick stick, but he parried off the blow, and she then retired.