§ Mr. FETHERSTONHAUGHasked the Chief Secretary when the Government will introduce a measure to carry out the recommendations of the Irish Police Committee of Inquiry; and, having regard to the delay in meeting the claims set forth in the memorials sent in by the rank and file by the Royal Irish Constabulary over a year since, will the Bill, giving effect to the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry, be made to take effect from the 1st of January, 1914, so as to allay the discontent now existent in the force?
§ Mr. BIRRELLAs I have already stated the Report was only recently published, and is still under my consideration. I am fully alive to the importance of immediate action, and no effort on my part will be wanting to secure that the matter, which is one of urgency, shall be dealt with at once.