HC Deb 05 March 1889 vol 333 c963
MR. W. A. MACDONALD (Queen's Co., Ossory)

I wish to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is true, as stated in the Star newspaper on Satarday, that a large number of detectives were stationed in the Outer Lobby of this House on Friday night; if so, by whose authority they were placed there and with what object?

MR. MATTHEWS

No, Sir. I am informed by the Commissioner of Police that this statement is untrue.

MR. W. A. MACDONALD

Does the right hon. Gentleman assert that there were no detectives in the Lobby on Friday night?

MR. MATTHEWS

I submitted the hon. Member's Question—namely, whether a certain statement was true—to the Commissioner of Police, and the answer is that it is untrue.