§ Mr. DONOVANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether any declarations or returns have been demanded by the authorities in Ireland from officers of the Ulster Volunteers as to the arms and ammunition in their possession; whether returns have been insisted on by the authorities of arms and ammunition in the possession of the National Volunteers; whether raids for arms have been made in National Volunteers' halls and in private houses of members and of clergymen associated with the National Volunteer organisation although that body has not been proclaimed or declared illegal; whether similar raids have been made in connection with the Ulster Volunteers; whether his attention has been called to the prosecution of an officer of the National Volunteers recently in Dublin for refusing information as to where certain arms in his possession were stored; whether similar information has been remanded from any officer of the Ulster Volunteers; whether any member or company 441W of the Ulster Volunteers has been asked to surrender the arms and ammunition in his or their possession; whether the Government in its policy of disarmament in Ireland has excluded the Ulster Volunteers because of the threats of the senior Member for Trinity College; and, if not, why have no measures been taken against them such as have been taken against members of the National Volunteers?
§ Mr. SHORTTI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question on this subject asked by the hon. Member for the College Green Division of Dublin on the 29th instant.