§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state what are the reasons assigned by the Inspector-General and the local police for the failure of individuals who have been the object of serious outrages, affecting either their person or their property, to report such outrages promptly to the police.
§ MR. BIRRELLIt would be utterly impossible to give the reason for withholding information in each individual case. Reports made to the Government by the police authorities must be regarded as strictly confidential.
§ MR. J. MACVEAGHIS the right hon. Gentleman aware that we might put a great many Questions about police court cases in Ulster constituencies, but we do not believe in defiling our own nest?
§ MR. BIRRELLThere are quite enough Questions put to me as it is.