HC Deb 19 April 1948 vol 449 c1442
68. Mr. Platts-Mills

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any members of the Diplomatic, Consular and Information Service suspected of membership of Fascist organisations have now been transferred to other employment or dismissed.

Mr. McNeil

No member of any existing Fascist organisation is, as far as I know, employed in any branch of the Foreign Service, and accordingly none have been transferred or dismissed.

Mr. Platts-Mills

Would my right hon. Friend be good enough to cast his eye in the direction of Ankara?

Mr. McNeil

I have already examined the situation in Ankara to which my hon. Friend has drawn my attention, and the facts there seem much plainer than the facts in the resolution of which I believe my hon. Friend is the author.

Mr. Platts-Mills

While the House will not expect me to compete with my right hon. Friend in vulgarity and personal abuse, perhaps he will explain what he is talking about.

Mr. McNeil

I should have thought that the hon. Gentleman, having been responsible for the Question, might have cleared that up himself.