§ MR. HAZELL (Leicester)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the statements made by Mr. E. T. Hooley with regard to alleged cases of blackmailing by financial newspapers; and, if so, whether he will cause some inquiries to be made into them, and especially instruct the Director of Public Prosecutions to follow the proceedings pending in the bankruptcy court, with a view to taking action in the matter in the public interest if any evidence is forthcoming to support such a course?
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTI have referred this Question to my honourable and learned Friend the Attorney General.