§ Sir A. MARKHAMasked the Home Secretary whether he will lay upon the Table the Report of the Committee charged with the business of examining into the case of Haigh Gruban?
Mr. SAMUELThe Reports made by the Advisory Committee are of a confidential character, and if they were written with a view to possible publication would lose a great part of their value. Further, this Report in particular affects very closely the interests of persons other than Mr. Gruban, and expresses opinions on matters which are now the subject of 525W litigation in the Courts. I can, therefore, do no more than quote the conclusions of the Report, which are as follows:
Giving the whole matter their most careful consideration, the Committee have come to the conclusion that the charges made against Mr. Gruban of commercial dishonesty are not within the scope of their authority, the charges made against him of being pro-German and anti-British have not been made out and the charges made against him of breach of the regulations of the Ministry of Munitions will be dealt with by that Ministry.The Committee therefore recommended that Mr. Gruban should not be interned.