§ 100. Sir J. D. REESasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that Mr. George Lansbury, lately a Member of this House, said at a meeting at the Albert Hall, on the 10th instant, that suffragettes should burn and destroy property and teach the Government that this was a war in which they would still do their best to preserve human life, but a war in which they would have no regard for property of any kind; and, if so, whether the Home Office is taking any action or whether this incitement to crime is to go unpunished?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. McKenna)Proceedings have already been commenced in respect of the speech referred to.