§ 19. Mr. LEES-SMITHasked whether the owners of property seized under Regulation 51 of the Defence of the Realm Acts are to be allowed to appear personally or through counsel before the Advisory Committee to show cause why their property should not be destroyed?
§ Sir G. CAVEI would refer the hon. Member to the written reply which I gave to the senior Member for Blackburn on the 18th instant.
20. Mr. SMITHasked whether the booklets seized from 52, Anderton Park Road, Birmingham, the residence of the Secretary of the Birmingham Fellowship of Reconciliation, are to be submitted to the Advisory Committee?
§ Sir G. CAVENo, Sir. I saw the booklet, and being satisfied that it contravened the Regulations, gave my consent to its destruction some time before the Advisory Committee was appointed.