§ MR. JOHN DILLON (East Mayo)In the absence of my hon. Friend Mr. T. P. O'Connor (Liverpool, Scotland Division), I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if Mr. Cecil Roche, R.M., was a lecturer in the employ of the Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union immediately before his selection as a Resident Magistrate; and if, at the time of Mr. Roche's service under that body, the secretary was Mr. E. C. Houston.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI am informed that it is the case that Mr. Roche, prior to his appointment to the Resident Magistracy, delivered some addresses without remuneration on behalf of the organization mentioned. Mr. Houston was not then secretary of that body.