HC Deb 26 February 1917 vol 90 cc1685-6
68. Mr. GINNELL

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, having regard to the leading question 1524 in the evidence before the Royal Commission on the Insurrection in Ireland, whether he will give the House the question 1525, with the answer, omitted from the printed evidence; and, if not, whether he will allow the shorthand note to be read by a Member of this House?

Mr. DUKE

The answer is in the negative.

Mr. GINNELL

Will the right hon. Gentleman give the reasons why the information is withheld?

Mr. DUKE

They are the same reasons that have induced the Royal Commission to consider that in the public interest the publication was inconvenient.

Mr. GINNELL

Is not the real reason that the information would not be creditable to the Government?