§ Mr. BUTCHERasked the Home Secretary whether, in cases where a police constable or officer of Customs, acting under the powers of Regulation 13 of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, 1914, as amended by the Order in Council of the 17th September, 1914, arrests a person without warrant, such police constable or officer of Customs acts in England and Wales under the direction of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and in Scotland under the direction of the Secretary for Scotland, and in Ireland under the direction of the Chief Secretary to the
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Date. Ship, etc. Engagements, etc. Officers. Men. Killed. Wounded. Missing or interned. Killed. Wounded. Missing or interned. 6 Aug H.M.S. "Amphion" Mined 1 7 — 148 25 — 22 Aug H.M.S. "Kennet" Action off Tsing-tan — — — 4 6 — 27 Aug H.M.S. "Highflyer" Action with "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" — — — 1 5 — 28 Aug Trawlers "Crathie" and "T. D. Irvine" Mined — 1 — 5 8 — 28 Aug H.M.S. "Arethusa" Action in Heligoland Bight 1 1 — 10 15 — 28 Aug H.M.S. "Laertes" — — — 2 8 — 28 Aug H.M.S. "Laurel" 1 1 — 10 11 — 28 Aug H.M.S. "Liberty" 1 — — 7 10 — 28 Aug H.M.S. "Druid" — — — — 1 — 28 Aug H.M.S. "Fearless" — — — — 8 — 28 Aug H.M.S. "Phoenix" — — — — 1 — 2 Sept Trawler "Eyrie" Mined 1 — — 6 — — 3 Sept H.M.S. "Speedy" Mined — 1 — 1 2 — 3 Sept Trawler "Linsdell" Mined 1 — — 4 — — 5 Sept H.M.S. "Pathfinder" Torpedoed 9 2 — 250 14 — Lord Lieutenant; and, if not, under whose directions does such police constable or Customs officer act in the cases supposed?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. It is impossible to say in answer to a general question under whose direction a police constable or Customs officer may be acting. In some cases it will be under the directions of his immediately superior officer; in others by the express directions of the chief officer of police or Customs for the district; and in others, at the request of the naval or military authority.