§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYasked whether, after the attention of the police authorities had been called to the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Mrs. Crippen, and particularly between the 8th and 11th July, any observation was kept upon the movements of Hawley Harvey Crippen?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe hon. Gentleman will perhaps accept in reply to this question the answer which was given yesterday to the hon. Member for West Ham (South).
§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYDoes the hon. Gentleman seriously hold that it is not in the interests of public justice that he should answer a simple question whether 1432 or not between the 8th and 11th July the man Crippen was kept under police observation, and assuming the true answer is in the negative, as I do, does he not think the police would be better occupied in watching the movements of suspected murderers rather than looking out for juvenile smokers of cigarettes?
§ Mr. MASTERMANMy right hon. Friend is quite convinced that it would be against public interest at the present that this particular matter should be discussed, more especially as it can be discussed at a time when it would not be against the interests of justice.
§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYIs that also on the advice of the police?