§ Mr. WHITELEY(By Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that it is reported that Mr. Henry Bolton, J.P., Chairman of the Blaydon Urban District Council, and Mr. William Lawther, County Councillor and member of the National Executive of the Labour party, both resident in the Blaydon Parliamentary Division, have been arrested, whether such report is correct, and whether he can state the charge made against them?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir William Joynson-Hicks)The report is quite correct. They were arrested for an offence against Regulation 21 of the Emergency Regulations, for interfering with food supplies. The defendants come up before the justices to-morrow, and it is impossible for me to make any statement while the case is sub judice.
§ Mr. CONNOLLYHave these men been allowed bail, and if not, why not?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe question of bail is not a matter for me.