§ 44. Mr. M. Stewartasked the secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make available a transcript of the evidence given at the trial of George Frederick Thatcher on 23rd June, 1952, to Thatcher's Member of Parliament.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeI regret that I have been unable to obtain a transcript of evidence given at this trial. The evidence has never been transcribed, and the shorthand writers inform me that despite prolonged and extensive search, they have been unable to trace the relevant notebook.
§ Mr. StewartCould the right hon. and gallant Gentleman say what firm of shorthand writers was responsible for this notebook?
Major Lloyd-GeogeI do not think I can give the hon. Gentleman that information because the responsibility for shorthand writers is not mine. The hon. Gentleman had better put down a Question to my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General.