§ MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the prosecution of a
† See (4) Debates, cxlvi., 957.1131 man charged with threatening to assassinate the hon. Member for South-West Manchester; whether he can ascertain if the offence arose in connection with an agrarian dispute; and whether he can state the total cost to the ratepayers of the extra police arrangements, if any, made at the scene of the dispute.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. AKERS-DOUGLAS, Kent, St. Augustine's)My attention has not been drawn to this prosecution. I notice that according to the newspapers the charge was to have been dealt with by the Sheffield magistrates to-day, but I have no further information. My Department is not concerned in the proceedings nor in the police arrangements.