§ MR. J. P. NANNETTI (Dublin, College Green)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if the order issued by the Chief Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, on the 19th December, 1902, instructing his men that where they observed a drunken person enter a licensed house it was their duty to follow him and call the attention of the proprietor or his assistants in charge to his condition, is still in force; and, if so, will he explain why Inspector Cushion stated on oath, during the hearing of a licensing persecution, on the 31st May, 1907, that the instructions contained in the order did not apply to ordinary police constables as distinguished from other members of the force of a higher grade.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe order referred to is still in force. The latter part of the Question appears to be put through a misapprehension of the facts. The Chief Commissioner informs me that the inspector did not give evidence to the effect stated, and did not in fact refer to the order at all.