§ 33. Mr. LANSBURYasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received a letter from the Transport Workers' Federation, calling his attention to the insulting and obscene behaviour of certain strike breakers at Tilbury and other docks; and whether he has called for or received any report from the police on the subject?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. McKenna)I received the letter referred to, and I am making inquiry of the police with regard to the statements it contains. I may say that about a fortnight ago the Essex police reported to me that they had received complaints of misconduct by men in the trains passing Grays, and that they were taking steps to prevent a recurrence of such misconduct, though they were hampered by the difficulty of identifying men who committed the offences while the train was in rapid motion.
§ Mr. LANSBURYIs it the fact the police have now stopped a train and annexed a large number of pistols that were in the possession of these men?
§ Mr. McKENNANo such information has reached me, but I will inquire.