HC Deb 09 July 1940 vol 362 cc1080-1
59. Mr. Mander

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the activities being carried on by the British Union of Fascists under cover of an organisation known as "Home Defence Movement," including the sending of literature to soldiers; and whether he will take steps to watch carefully this development?

The Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Peake)

My right hon. Friend made an order last May for the detention of the man by whom this literature was produced, and no further specimens of it have since come under notice. If the hon. Member has any information to show that it is still being produced, I shall be glad if he will let me have particulars.

Mr. Mander

Is my hon. Friend aware that the facts with regard to this person came out in the evidence in a case at Worthing the other day? Has he had that brought to his attention?

Mr. Peake

I dare say they did, but this man was interned more than seven weeks ago. If the hon. Member has any more recent information on the subject, perhaps he will be kind enough to let me have it.

Viscountess Actor

Will my hon. Friend assure the House that if this man has a wife, she will go, too? The women are far more dangerous than the men.