§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the Home Secretary whether the Committee appointed to examine literature recently seized under Regulation 51 will hear parties interested, either personally or by counsel or solicitor, or whether the Committee intends to order destruction without hearing arguments against destruction which the authors or owners of the literature may desire to submit to the Committee?
§ Sir G. CAVEThe Committee in question is an Advisory Committee, without any power to give directions or issue orders. It is free to determine its own492W procedure, but I do not doubt that it will be able to judge of the leaflets submitted to it without assistance.
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that on Wednesday, 2nd January, four detectives visited 52, Anderton Park Road, Birmingham, the residence of the secretary of the Birmingham Fellowship of Reconciliation, and seized a number of copies of a booklet named "Our Roll of Honour"; and what was the reason for this seizure?
§ Sir G. CAVEYes, Sir. The booklet was seized because it contravened the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
§ Mr. G. LAMBERTasked the Home Secretary if Mr. Lovat Fraser's article attacking Sir William Robertson, which appeared in the "Daily Mail" of 21st January last, was submitted to and passed by the Censor; and, if not, whether any action is to be taken?
§ Sir G. CAVEThe article in question was not submitted to the Press Bureau. It is under the consideration of the Director of Public Prosecutions.