§ 33. Mr. Wedgwoodasked the Home Secretary the total number of members of the British Union of Fascists in Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the beginning of the war; how many of these members have now been interned; and has he any record of the number now employed in Government service?
§ Sir J. AndersonI regret that it is not possible to give any of the information for which my right hon. Friend asks except that the number of detention orders made against members or former members of the British Union of Fascists is over 500.
§ Mr. WedgwoodDid not the right hon. Gentleman tell me last week that he had the names of those who were Fascists at the beginning of this war? Should I be wrong in suggesting that there were 9,000 of those names, and are they being traced by the Home Office?
§ Sir J. AndersonIt is true that I indicated to the right hon. Gentleman informally that I understood that the number of persons who had paid their last annual subscription was in the region of 9,000. Steps have been taken to supervise the activities of those persons.
§ Mr. WedgwoodHow many dangerous people among them have not been interned?
§ Sir A. KnoxHow many Communists have been interned?