HC Deb 12 December 1922 vol 159 c2580
78. Colonel NEWMAN

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies to whom British subjects, whose firearms were, given up to the late Royal Irish Constabulary, should now make application, with a view to the possible restoration to them of their property?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

Applications for the return of arms to owners resident in the area of the Free State cannot be entertained unless accompanied by a permit from the Free State authorities authorising the owner to have such arms in his possession. All such applications and all applications for the return of arms to owners resident in England should be addressed to the War Office.

Colonel NEWMAN

Is it the War Office here, or the Irish War Office?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

The War Office here.