HC Deb 27 July 1922 vol 157 cc659-60
50. Captain BENN

asked the Home Secretary under what statutory power he orders the deportation of Irishmen to Ireland, and directs that they shall reside within the area under the jurisdiction of the Irish Provisional Government; and are such powers exercised in consultation with the Provisional Government?

The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Shortt)

The Restoration of Order in Ireland Act, 1920, and the Regulations made thereunder, give power to issue Orders to the effect indicated in the first part of the question. I have exercised that power in one recent case, and, as far as that case is concerned, the answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.

Captain BENN

Were the powers exercised in consultation with, and with the assent of, the Provisional Government?

Mr. SHORTT

I have answered that question by saying that they were not in that particular case.