HC Deb 26 November 1925 vol 188 cc1571-2
16. Mr. DALTON

asked the Home Secretary whether either of the two Fascists, who were recently charged in connection with the "Daily Herald" van case and who had previously been dismissed from the Royal Air Force by order of a general court martial and discharged from the Lincolnshire Regiment for offences against military regulations, respectively, have applied, following the advice of the magistrate who tried the case, to be enrolled as special constables; and, if so, whether they have been accepted as suitable recruits?

Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON

I am informed that the men in question have not applied for enrolment.

Mr. DALTON

May I ask first, whether any rebuke was administered to the magistrate who tendered this advice to the men, and, secondly, whether instructions will be issued that the police forces are not to be contaminated by the admission of black-sheep of this kind?

Mr. LANSBURY

Has the hon. Member's attention been called to a speech delivered at Isle worth, where the speaker advocated, or appeared to advocate, that doses of castor oil would be good for certain people; and whether he will call the attention of the Director of Public Prosecutions to the fact that the gentleman who made that speech was the Home Secretary?

Mr. DIXEY

Is it in Order for any hon. Member of the House to cast a reflection upon another hon. Member?