§ Mr. HOLMESasked the Prime Minister the changes made in the personnel of Irish administration and the change in policy of the Irish Executive which has taken place in connection with the recent change in the Chief Secretaryship?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAs already announced, the principal changes in the personnel of the Irish administration are the temporary appointment of Sir John Anderson as Joint Under-Secretary and of Mr. A. W. Cope as Assistant Under-Secretary, and the appointment of Major-General Tudor as Police Adviser to the Irish Government, with general coordinating power over the two police forces in the country. These changes are to be taken as indicative of a determination to strengthen the organisation of Civil Government in Ireland, side by side with the development of measures for the suppression of crimes of violence. There has been no change in policy of the Irish Executive.