§ Q2. Mr. Arthur Davidsonasked the Prime Minister when he next intends to make a Ministerial broadcast.
§ The Prime MinisterI would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on Tuesday to an identical Question from the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley).—[Vol. 825, c. 124.]
§ Mr. DavidsonI read that answer with considerable interest. None the less, will the Prime Minister use at least part of any future broadcast he may make to reassure citizens who are living here law-fully and peacefully but who are being spied upon by agents of foreign Powers such as South Africa that this practice is totally abhorrent to the British public and totally against the British traditions of freedom under the law?
§ The Prime MinisterI agree with the hon. Gentleman, and I have made plain in the House in this Session that if any offence is committed in this respect, action will be taken. This is another example of a Question which has nothing to do with a Ministerial broadcast.