§ MR. BARTLEYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether any Magistrates appointed in Ireland since August, 1892, were among those who were put in prison under the Protection of Persons and Property Act of 1881 without trial?
MR. J. MORLEYThe Lord Chancellor of Ireland is not aware that any person has been appointed to the Com- 265 mission of the Peace since August, 1892, who had been imprisoned under the Act mentioned in the question.
§ MR. BARTLEYCan the right hon. Gentleman say as a fact that nobody has been appointed who was imprisoned under that Act?
MR. J. MORLEYIt would be very easy for the hon. Member to ascertain in a day or two, because a Return has been moved for by the hon. Member for Cavan giving a list of the Justices of the Peace in Ireland, and that list can be compared with a list already before Parliament showing the names of the persons arrested under the Act.