§ 17. Mr. WIGNALLasked the Home Secretary if he is aware of the serious increase in the number of shops in London publicly exposing for sale contraceptive articles, accompanied frequently by books of an indecent and a suggestive character; and if he will take any steps to prohibit or prosecute such exhibition, either at Common Law, under the Vagrancy Act, or under any other appropriate Statute to suppress the nuisance or, if necessary, will he introduce legislation to obtain the requisite power?
Mr. HENDERSONThe police keep these establishments under observation, and they report to me that there has not been any noticeable increase in their number; but any action amounting to a breach of the law will be the subject of legal proceedings.
§ Mr. BECKERWhat does the right hon. Gentleman mean by "any action amounting to a breach of the law" in this connection?