§ 70. Mr. Purbrickasked the Attorney-General whether his attention has been drawn to the decision in the case of Starling versus the Custodian of Enemy Property and others and the remarks of 1780 the judge that his judgment was so given in order to conform to the law but, in fact, was contrary to his ideas of justice and required parliamentary treatment; and whether he will therefore consider either a suspension of the operation of Section 33 of the Trustee Act, 1925, or an amendment of the Trading with the Enemy Act or the Custodian Order made thereunder, and will further consider making such suspension or amendment retrospective?
§ The Solicitor-General (Major Sir David Maxwell Fyfe)My attention has been drawn to the case to which my Hon. Friend refers. My Noble Friend is considering whether some amendment of the law is desirable. The question of making any possible legislation retrospective will be borne in mind.