§ Mr. FIELDasked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that certain Civil servants who were arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the recent insurrection in Ireland, and against whom no evidence could be produced, were consequently released, and that some of these men have been deprived of salary and refused reinstatement in their positions; and whether he can state what it is proposed to do in such cases?
Mr. SAMUELArrangements have been made by which the cases of Civil servants suspended owing to suspicion of complicity in the recent outbreak will come under review at an early date, and an opportunity afforded them to take steps to establish their innocence.