§ 46. Commander Locker-Lampsonasked the Prime Minister whether he will give time for a discussion on the Motion relative to incitement to sabotage standing on the Order Paper in the name of the hon. and gallant Member for the Handsworth Division?
§ [That this House is of opinion that speeches such as that delivered by the hon. and learned Member for East Bristol on Sunday, 14th March, at Eastleigh, Hampshire, inciting to revolution and sabotage are an abuse of the privilege of public speech and are to be deprecated.]
§ The Prime MinisterIn the present state of business it is not possible to provide a special opportunity for the discussion of this Motion.
§ Commander Locker-LampsonDoes not the Prime Minister think that the words used by the hon. and learned Member amount to an incitement to revolution far graver than that which involved a young man in a sentence of nearly a year the other day?
§ The Prime MinisterIt is a little difficult to assess accurately the value of the spoken word. The hon. and gallant Gentleman, perhaps, puts a little too high a value upon it.
§ Mr. A. HendersonWas the speech any worse than speeches made by leaders of the Tory party in the years 1913–14?