§ 59. Mr. Kennedyasked the Home Secretary whether he has considered the resolution of the Pathhead and Sinclair-town Co-operative Society, a copy of which has been sent to him, asking that the ban prohibiting the publication of the "Daily Worker" be lifted in view of the declared support of that paper to the policy of British-Soviet unity in international affairs; and what answer he has made?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonThis resolution and others were duly considered, and have been answered by the statements which I have made in Parliament.
§ Mr. A. BevanIs the Minister aware that resolutions of a similar nature have 1115 been sent to him by very large and important industrial organisations; and is it not time that a decision was arrived at more consistent with the dignity and well-being of the nation?
§ Mr. MorrisonAll representations are considered and given their proper weight, but I must make it clear that, in the end, I am responsible to the House of Commons.
§ Mr. ShinwellIs it assumed that a paper, disloyal once, is to be considered disloyal for ever?
§ Mr. MorrisonI have never made any such declaration. I do not know why my hon. Friend should make such an accusation.
§ Mr. ShinwellIs this not a perpetual ban by the right hon. Gentleman?
§ Mr. MorrisonI have not said so.