§ Sir JOHN BUTCHERasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether his attention has been called to the pensions now being paid to retired men of the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Dublin Metropolitan Police under the Act of 1883; whether, owing to the great increase in the cost of living, such pensions are wholly inadequate for the support of these men and their families; and whether, in view of the great services rendered by these men, often in times of grave trouble and disorder, he will introduce a Bill to increase their pensions?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI would refer the hon. and learned Member to the reply given to a question on this subject by the hon. Member for the Woodvale Division, Belfast, on the 5th March last.