§ Mr. SPEAKER informed the House that he had received the following letter relating to the arrest and imprisonment of a Member:
§ Headquarters,
§ Dublin District.
§ No. 483/2/84A.
§ The Right Honourable The SPEAKER,
§ House of Commons,
§ London, S.W.1.
§ SIR,
§ I have the honour to report that, on the 3rd day of March, 1920, Mr. T. Hunter, M.P. for North-East Cork, was arrested under a direction issued by me as Competent Military Authority, under the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and was committed to His Majesty's Prison, Mountjoy.
§ I have the honour to be.
§ Sir,
§ Your obedient Servant,
§ G. F. BOYD,
§ Major-General,
§ Competent Military Authority.
§ Lower Castle Yard,
§ Dublin.
§ 9th March, 1920.