HC Deb 24 October 1902 vol 113 cc727-8
MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.)

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will give the names of the Orange leaders with whom he consulted as to the advisability of proclaiming a meeting to have been held in Rostrevor, on 12th July last.

(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) I accept, as I always have accepted (see The Parliamentary Debates, 8th, 10th, and 23rd July) full responsibility on behalf of the Irish Government for the proclamation of the Rostrevor meeting. With that my Ministerial responsibility ends, and I must respectfully submit that it would be contrary to established practice to publish officially the names of unofficial persons with whom Ministers have thought well to consult on account of their experience and influence over important sections of the community.