HC Deb 13 March 1950 vol 472 c744
45. Sir W. Smithers

asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the result of the Fuchs trial he will introduce legislation to outlaw the Communist Party in Britain.

The Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee)

No, Sir.

Sir W. Smithers

In view of the alarm and despondency created in most parts of the world by this trial, and in view of their records, will the right hon. Gentleman, as a first step, ask for the resignation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for War, and the Minister of Defence before they can do any more damage to this country; and will he remember the Ides of March?

Mr. Blackburn

Is my right hon. Friend not aware that Dr. Fuchs was first given a security appointment by a Conservative Minister of Supply, Sir Andrew Duncan, at a time when the "Daily Worker" had, in fact, been suppressed.

The Prime Minister

No, Sir, that was. not the Minister.