§ MR. MACCAW (Down, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the police authorities have directed the attention of the Irish Executive to the traffic in firearms in various parts of Ireland since the recent withdrawal of the Peace Preservation Act; and, if so, will he state what is the purport of the representations so made.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. BIRRELL, Bristol, N.)I have nothing to add to the reply which I gave, on 19th instant, to a similar Question put by the hon. Member for Mid. Armagh.
§ MR. CHARLES CRAIG (Antrim, S.)Is it not the fact that the burden of the reports of the Judges, stipendiary magistrates and the police is to the effect that the withdrawal of this Act of Parliament has been productive of the harm all round?
§ MR. BIRRELLI do not think so.