§ 11. Lieut.-Colonel Hydeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additional security measures he is taking in view of the recent attack on two members of the staff at Marlborough House.
§ Mr. EdeThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is in consultation with the Controller to Her Majesty Queen Mary as to suitable measures to prevent any future incident of this kind, and, while certain measures have already been taken, it would not be in the public interest to indicate their nature.
§ Lieut.-Colonel HydeIs the Home Secretary aware of the considerable public alarm felt in the country at present at the ease with which a person from Southern Ireland, now in custody in connection with this case, succeeded in getting into Marlborough House and delivering an attack on two elderly and defenceless women? Will he arrange with his colleague, the Minister of Works, to keep a vigilant eye on the Southern Irish who are employed in this part of London?
§ Mr. EdeI regret that this Question should have been made the vehicle for any attempt to exacerbate feelings in Ireland.