§ 79. Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police on warrants issued in the Republic of Ireland in each of the last two 12-month periods for which figures are available; and in how many instances the charges were connected with failure to comply with maintenance orders.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerIn 1956 20 persons, and in 1957 42 persons, were arrested by the Metropolitan police in pursuance of warrants issued in the Irish Republic and endorsed by magistrates in this country. None of the persons concerned was arrested for failing to comply with a maintenance order, which would not be within the terms of the Statutes governing this matter. Nine of the arrests made 83W in 1956, and 20 of those made in 1957, were made on warrants charging neglect of children.