HC Deb 27 January 1902 vol 101 c971
MR. M'GOVERN

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Irelend, whether, seeing that no disturbance has taken place or any outrage been committed in the Blacklion district, county Cavan, he can state who are the parties who require the protection of the extra police force that has been brought into the district.

MR. WYNDHAM

I must decline, for obvious reasons, to mention names. The extra police were sent to the district to cope with a system of organised intimidation and boycotting that has sprung up there. There has been an improvement, I am glad to say, in the condition of affairs at Blacklion consequent on the police measures adopted, but until the necessity for these measures has passed away the extra force will be retained in the district.

MR. M'GOVERN

Was there anything at all in the nature of boycotting or intimidation in that district?

* MR. SPEAKER

Order, order! That does not arise out of the Question.