§ MR. DILLONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will lay upon the Table the official Minutes and Correspondence connected with the case of Constable Anderson which Lords Cadogan and Spencer asked to be made public.
§ MR. DILLONI beg further to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will let the hon. Member for Mayo East have a full attested copy of the evidence given at the public Court of inquiry on which Constable Anderson was dismissed from the Irish Constabulary.
§ MR. WALTER LONGI desire to remind the hon. Member that my predecessor the right hon. Member for Dover, on the 13th July† and 3rd August† last, declined to lay these documents on the Table of the House. I fully accept my right hon. friend's decision In this matter, and am moreover, unable to act on the suggestion in the second Question that an attested copy of the evidence taken at the Court of inquiry should be supplied to the hon. Member.
§ MR. DILLONThen do I understand that the right hon. Gentleman will not allow us to see the evidence?
§ MR. WALTER LONGYes, I think that is the result of my Answer to the Question.