HC Deb 06 July 1900 vol 85 c778
MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if he will explain why the account, now in the possession of the War Office, giving the details of the surrender of the 4th Battalion of the Derbyshire Regiment, has been withheld from publication.

*MR. WYNDHAM

I must refer the hon. Member to the answer given yesterday by the first Lord of the Treasury to the Leader of the Opposition.†

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

Then am I to understand that these documents will be furnished in due course? That was the trend of the First Lord's reply.

*MR. WYNDHAM

I am, perhaps, venturing too much in speaking only from memory, but I think my right hon. friend said that he would confer with the Secretary of State as to the publication of the despatches.

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

May I ask the First Lord whether he did not say yesterday that these documents would be published in due course?

*MR. SPEAKER

Order, order! That is an irregular question.

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

I knew it was.