§ 67. Viscount EDNAMasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he can inform the House whether the Lord Lieutenant's motor car, which was recently held up in broad daylight in Dublin by a gang of armed men and stolen, has yet been re covered; whether this motor car was private or public property; and whether the Government intend to leave a portion 1006 of the Crown forces in Ireland for the protection of the Lord Lieutenant's person, his private property, and of the Viceregal Lodge, and other public pro-property?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Mr. Churchill)The car in question is public property. The reply to the other parts of the question is in the negative. The forces of the Provisional Government will assume the duties of protection at present carried out by the British forces and police as soon as they are in a position to do so.