HC Deb 17 February 1961 vol 634 cc161-2W
66. Mr. Donnelly

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the nature of the facilities which have been granted by the Metropolitan Police to the United States detective agency investigating the associations with Communism in this country of certain British citizens, details of whom have been sent to him by the hon. Member for Pembroke.

69. Mr. C. Osborne

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the facilities which have been given to the American private detective agency which has been investigating the private and public affairs of the hon. Member for Louth and a Member of the other House, with particular reference to their activities in connection with Anglo-American-Chinese relations; and if he will make a statement.

70. Mr. Snow

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the facilities which have been granted by his Department to assist the activities in the United Kingdom of the United States controlled company, Industrial Reports Incorporated, acting through an Anglo-American detective agency in London; and whether he will make a statement.

75. Mr. A. Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the facilities which have been given by his Department to Industrial Reports Incorporated and other United States inquiry firms who have been investigating the private and public affairs of certain Members of both Houses of Parliament, with particular regard to their Communist leanings; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. R. A. Butler:

No such facilities have been sought from, or given by, the Home Office or the Metropolitan Police