HC Deb 01 December 1920 vol 135 cc1253-5

Mr. SPEAKER informed the House that he had received the following letters relating to the imprisonment of Members:—

Dublin District,

Lower Castle Yard,

Dublin,

D.D. No. 16/99 (R.O.),

29th November, 1920.

The Right Honourable the Speaker,

House of Commons,

London, S.W.I.

Sir,

I have the honour to report that on the 27th day of November, 1920, Mr. W. Sears, M.P. for South Mayo, was arrested under a direction issued by me as Competent Military Authority, under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Regulations, and was committed to His Majesty's prison, Mountjoy, on the same date.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

A. D. M. BROWNE,

Lieutenant-Colonel,

A.A. and Q.M.G. for Major-General,

Competent Military Authority.

Dublin District,

Lower Castle Yard,

Dublin,

D.D. No. 16/99 (R.O.),

29th November, 1920.

The Right Honourable the Speaker,

House of Commons,

London, S.W.I.

Sir,

I have the honour to report that on the 24th day of November, 1920, Mr. E. J. Duggan, M.P. for South Meath, was arrested under a direction issued by me as Competent Military Authority, under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Regulations, and was committed to His Majesty's prison, Mountjoy, on the same date.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

A. D. M. BROWNE,

Lieutenant-Colonel,

A.A. and Q.M.G. for Major-General,

Competent Military Authority.

Dublin District,

Lower Castle Yard,

Dublin,

D.D. No. 16/99 (R.O.),

29th November, 1920.

The Right Honourable the Speaker,

House of Commons,

London, S.W.I.

Sir,

I have the honour to report that on the 26th day of November, 1920, Mr. John MacNeill, M.P. for Londonderry City and National University, Dublin, was arrested under a direction issued by me as Competent Military Authority, under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Regulations, and was committed to His Majesty's prison, Mountjoy, on same date.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

A. D. M. BROWNE,

Lieutenant-Colonel,

A.A. and Q.M.G. for Major-General,

Competent Military Authority.

Dublin District,

Lower Castle Yard,

Dublin,

D.D. No. 16/99 (R.O.),

29th November, 1920.

The Right Honourable the Speaker,

House of Commons,

London, S.W.I.

Sir,

I have the honour to report that on the 26th day of November, 1920, Mr. Arthur Griffith, M.P. for Cavan, East, and Tyrone, North-West, was arrested under a direction issued by me as Competent Military Authority, under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Regulations, and was committed to His Majesty's prison, Mountjoy, on same date.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

A. D. M. BROWNE,

Lieutenant-Colonel,

A.A. and Q.M.G. for Major-General,

Competent Military Authority.