§ SIR F. MILNER (Notts, Bassetlaw)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, after soldiers had been sent to Heanor (Derbyshire) by request of the Local Authorities, the Under Secretary of the Local Government Board represented to the Home Office that the presence of the military at Heanor was an offence to him and his constituents, and that he wished them to be removed; and whether it was on this account that they were removed in 48 hours?
§ MR. ASQUITHI believe that my hon. Friend the Secretary to the Local Government Board did bring to my notice some representations which had been made to him by his constituents, to the effect that the presence of the military in this district was not required in the interests of public order. I took no action upon those representations, as I found that the military had been already 1277 removed, I presume at the instance, or with the consent of, the Local Authorities.