§ 19. Major NEWMANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware of the discouragement to recruiting that continues to exist in the larger towns of Ireland owing to the presence of numbers of non-Irish, both Britishers and aliens, of military age who are evading military service by taking refuge in Ireland; is he aware that, without the active co-opera- 2107 tion of the Irish Government, it is impossible for the military authorities to deal with this scandal; and what measures does he propose to take?
§ Mr. SAMUELSI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the answer given by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National Service to a question by the hon. Member for the College Division of Glasgow yesterday.