§ Lieut.-Colonel ARCHER-SHEEasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many members of the Royal Irish Constabulary and how many ex-members of the Royal Irish Constabulary have been murdered in Ireland since the signing of the treaty with the Sinn Fein party; and what were the religious denominations of the members and ex-members thus murdered?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe number of members of the Royal Irish Constabulary murdered in Ireland since the signing of the Treaty on the 6th December, 1921,1718W is 26, of whom 15 were Roman Catholics and 11 Protestants. The number of ex-members of the force murdered since that date is eight, of whom five were Roman Catholics and three Protestants.