§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he has asked or has received from Lord Wolseley any explanation of his Official Minute, dated 3rd November, 1897, contained in the Appendices to the Report Volume of the War Commission, page 245, in which he stated that the War Office could not explain in Parliament or make otherwise public the fact that the Irish Militia are brought to England to draw the teeth of possible rebellion.
§ MR. BROMLEY DAVENPORTThe reply to both Questions is in the negative.