§ MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the district inspector has any explanation to offer of the fact that he did not report the conduct of Police Constable Molloy, as disclosed at the Coleraine Petty Sessions, until after the matter had been raised in this House; and whether he can state why Molloy was not censured immediately after he had threatened one of the witnesses.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe constable, as I have already stated, used no threat towards the witness, and the district inspector considered it unnecessary, therefore, to make a report of the occurrence.
§ MR. MACVEAGHWhen the report was made why did not the inspector act on it.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI am not prepared to deal in detail with minor questions of discipline, as I have the greatest confidence in the Inspector-General.