§ Dr. Littleasked the Home Secretary whether, in order to guard the border between Northern Ireland and Eire for 479W the purpose of preventing enemy spies and traitors to Britain from crossing it, he will enter into an arrangement with the Government of Northern Ireland whereby the Ulster B. Specials may be taken over by the British Government to carry out that work for the duration of the war?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonI, of course, sympathise with the desire of my hon. Friend to take whatever action is possible to minimise the risks to national security caused by the circumstances to which he refers. Close attention has been given to this matter by His Majesty's Government and appropriate steps have been taken, but as my hon. Friend will appreciate, it would not be in the public interest to enter into any detail as to the nature of the precautions which are in force. I can, however, assure my hon. Friend that His Majesty's Government will take whatever measures they consider are most effective for this purpose even though they may not be able to accept the specific suggestions which he makes.
§ Dr. Littleasked the Home Secretary whether, owing to the presence of representatives of enemy countries in Dublin, he will, in the interests of public security, forthwith order that an examination of all papers carried by travellers is made at the border between Northern Ireland and Eire?
§ Mr. MorrisonI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave to-day to another Question on this subject.