§ MR. MACARTNEYOn behalf of the hon. Member for South Londonderry, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is he willing to lay upon the Table of the House a Memorandum showing the duties gratuitously performed by the Royal Irish Constabulary in addition to their ordinary police work, and at what dates such duties were respectively imposed on the Force?
MR. J. MORLEYThe Inspector General reports that all the duties which the Royal Irish Constabulary perform are duties imposed upon them by Acts of Parliament, or especially by direction of Government. It is not clear to bin' therefore, what are the duties referred to as being performed gratuitously; but if the hon. and learned Member will specify the particular duties which he may have in his mind, inquiry will be made as to the authority for employing the Constabulary to perform them.
§ MR. MACARTNEYMy hon. Friend's question, I think, refers to duties outside police work.