§ Mr. T. JOHNSTONasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if his attention has been called to the public disorder and riot occasioned in the town of Girvan, Ayrshire, by the conduct of officers of the Territorials, who, though in plain clothes, led some 200 or 300 soldiers in training at Girvan camp down to an open-air meeting of the Independent Labour party at the harbour; if he is aware that the platform was rushed, women jostled, and the chairman, Parish-Councillor Stoddart, a man between 50 and 60 years of age, and lame since boyhood, struck on the head with a trench tool; and if he will have an inquiry made and the guilty persons prosecuted?
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESSMy attention has been called to the matter by the hon. Member's question. The information at present in my possession does not indicate that the suggestions made are accurate, but I am awaiting a further report, and if the hon. Member will be good enough to repeat his question on Tuesday of next week, I shall be glad to deal with it fully.