§ 96. Commander Locker-Lampsonasked the Attorney-General whether he will make it clear that anti-Semitic propaganda is liable to legal action as the initial stage in Fascist propaganda and enemy action.
§ The Attorney-General (Sir Donald Somervell)Propaganda, unless it incites to violence or otherwise comes within the law of libel, is not normally a breach of the law. I would like to add that it is difficult to make hypothetical pronouncements of the kind suggested in the Question, in this or other branches of law.
§ Commander Locker-LampsonAs it is so important not to be anti-Semitic, and as I am proudly pro-Semitic, cannot we make it easier for those who feel like me to formulate regulations that will safeguard the minority?
§ The Attorney-GeneralIf I fully understand that, it is a suggestion that there should be an alteration in the criminal law. That would not be a matter for me to deal with. The hon. Member's question is a hypothetical one, with regard to the law as it is.