HC Deb 23 May 1940 vol 361 cc285-6
15. Major-General Sir Alfred Knox

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has yet come to a decision regarding the weekly publication entitled "Voice of Spain," whose object is to upset existing good relations between Great Britain and Spain?

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sir John Anderson)

I am not yet in a position to add anything to the reply given on the 1st May to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral (Captain Graham).

Sir A. Knox

Is the right hon. Gentleman taking steps to find out particulars of this publication?

Sir J. Anderson

Certainly, Sir.

Sir A. Knox

Has the right hon. Gentleman any evidence of the source of its funds?

Sir J. Anderson

That is a separate question.

Miss Rathbone

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that there is nothing in this publication which justifies the statement in the Question, and that it contains much valuable information as to actual trade, given by quotations from the Spanish official Press, and is, therefore, very valuable because it enables one to know the real situation?

Sir J. Anderson

I think the hon. Lady made a similar statement when the matter came up on 1st May, and I can assure her that notice has been taken of what she said.