§ Mr. A. Lewisasked the Attorney-General if he will give an assurance that any person or persons apprehended in connection with the recent Portsmouth Harbour explosion will be charged and dealt with under the Treachery Act.
§ The Attorney-GeneralNo. The question of the appropriate charge to be pre-152W ferred in any particular case must depend upon the available evidence. But, in any event, the Treachery Act, 1940, is a special measure which operates only when this country is legally in a state of war.