§ 1. Mr. DAYasked the Secretary of State for India the number of publications that have been confiscated in India under Section 19 of the Sea Customs Act during the three years ended to the last convenient date; and can he give particulars?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Wedgwood Benn)I have no figures for the three years; but in the year ended 1st October last copies of 58 publications were intercepted. They were mostly issued by the Communist International or subsidiary organisations.
§ Mr. DAYWill my right hon. Friend say whether any of the other books of which he has particulars were prohibited on moral grounds?