§ 34. Mr. Austinasked the Attorney-General whether it is intended to prosecute the non-German Nazi sympathisers named in secret files of the German Foreign Office; and whether he will now disclose this list to the House.
§ The Attorney-General (Sir Hartley Shawcross)As my lion. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs stated in reply to a Question by the hon. and gallant Member for West Wolverhampton (Lieutenant Herbert Hughes) on 10th December, the documents referred to have not yet been fully examined and as far as I am aware no such list exists. Until the examination of these documents disclose material evidence the question of prosecution can not be considered.
§ Mr. AustinIs my hon. and learned Friend aware that his vacillating answer is not in accord with the sentiments of the country at large which sympathises with the view expressed by a British officer who said that he wished he could blow the lid off the whole dirty business?