§ Mr. HUGH BARRIEasked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that for the Proclamation of the late King Edward VII. in 1901 military guards of honour were supplied on the requisition of high sheriffs in Ireland, but that similar applications for the Proclamation of the present King have been refused, he will state the reasons for the change?
§ Mr. HALDANEThere is no record in my Department of guards of honour being supplied on the requisition of high sheriffs in Ireland on the occasion of the Proclamation of the late King Edward VII. The provision of guards of honour on the occasion of the recent Proclamation was only permitted when no extra expense to the public was involved on account of the transport of troops by rail.
§ Mr. HUGH BARRIEasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that on the occasion of the Proclamation of the King at Coleraine, county Londonderry, the customary guard of honour was refused, and that it was supplied for a similar ceremony at Lisburn, county Antrim; and can he explain why it was refused in the one case and granted in the other?
§ Mr. HALDANEThe provision of a guard of honour at Coleraine would have-involved expense to the public on account of transport by rail, and the application was therefore refused. It was granted in the case of Lisburn because, the latter place being only seven miles from Belfast, no extra expense was involved.