§ MR. T. M. HEALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if Messrs. Holmes and Starkie are members of the Viceregal Commission who are to sit in Dublin on the 20th May to inquire into the position of the Royal Irish Constabulary; is Mr. Holmes the Treasurer Remembrancer for Ireland, who sat on a similar Commission in 1883, or is he the President of the Board of Works; is Mr. Starkie a resident magistrate; and have any Commissioners been appointed who are not in the pay 272 of the Government, and which of them is understood to represent the rank and file of the constabulary.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe members of the Committee are Colonel Sir C. E. Howard Vincent (Chairman), Mr. R. W. A. Holmes (Treasurer Remembrancer), and Mr. R. F. Starkie (Resident Magistrate). Mr. Holmes sat on a similar Commission in 1883. Mr. Starkie served in the constabulary for sixteen years prior to his appointment as resident magistrate.
§ MR. T. M. HEALYI understood that Sir Howard Vincent was unable to sit on the Commission in consequence of the state of his health.