HC Deb 07 March 1905 vol 142 c582
MR. MACVEAGH

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state if Mr. T. P. Nolan was consulted as a handwriting expert in the course of the charges brought against Sergeant Sullivan, of Mulranny, county Mayo; and, if so, whether he expressed any opinion, as to the authorship of the letters inciting to outrage, and alleged to be written by Sergeant Sullivan.

MR. ATKINSON

In answer to this Question I beg to refer to the reply to the similar inquiry addressed to my right hon. friend by the hon. Member for Cork on October 20th, † 1902.

MR. MACVEAGH

Is it in order for a Minister thus to refer to a reply given three years ago.

*MR. SPEAKER

Yes.

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

On a point of order, would it not be better for him not to answer at all than thus to refer to another Question?

*MR. SPEAKER

That is not a point of order. † see (4) Debates, cxiii., 211.