HC Deb 15 November 1939 vol 353 c704
41. Mr. Henderson Stewart

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information whether, in view of the far-reaching misconceptions of British Empire policy displayed abroad, as exampled in the recent speech of the Premier of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, he will prepare and execute without delay a world-wide campaign to educate public opinion on the elementary facts of the British Empire?

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information (Sir Edward Grigg)

I can assure my hon. Friend that the need for spreading the facts about the British Empire is constantly borne in mind by all sections of the Ministry of Information. Every opportunity has been, and will be. taken to emphasise the Empire's unity and strength, and to explain its structure, to foreign countries.

Mr. Sorensen

Will those facts be sent to South Africa?

Sir E. Grigg

South Africa speaks for itself.