HC Deb 28 February 1921 vol 138 c1452W
Mr. CAPE

asked the Home Secretary how many persons are at present in gaol for advocating communist opinions; and whether one of them was convicted on the sole evidence of a police constable who attended a meeting, and admitted himself to be too ignorant of politics to understand the matters which he heard discussed?

Mr. SHORTT

No person is in prison for, and no person has been charged with or convicted of advocating communist opinions.