HC Deb 20 July 1932 vol 156 cc2259-60
24. Colonel NEWMAN

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the names and offices held at present by members composing the executive of the third Dail, or who constitute the chief officers of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State, have been communicated to the Government of Great Britain; and, if so, will he give their names, in view of the difficulty in which persons domiciled in Ireland, but resident in Great Britain, are placed when it is necessary for them to communicate with a member of the Government of the Irish Free State or his office?

Mr. CHURCHILL

As the hon. and gallant Member is aware, the new Parliament of Southern Ireland, resulting from the recent elections, has not yet met, and I am unable to say whether any changes in the personnel of the Provisional Government are in contemplation, but any such changes will, of course, be made in public in the usual way.

Colonel NEWMAN

If I want to com municate with the Minister of Defence, or the Minister of Finance, to whom should I write?

Mr. CHURCHILL

I should write to the Secretary of the Provisional Government in Dublin.