§ Mr. C. EDWARDSasked the Home Secretary whether, apart from the tem- 1187W porary measure of the Defence of the Realm Act, his legal advisers have found that the existing law regarding conspiracies, seditions, and other crimes against the common well-being is insufficient to enable his Department to bring those indulging in such crimes to the bar of public justice; and, if so, whether he has advised the Government that fresh legislation should be introduced immediately so as to confer upon him the necessary power?
§ Mr. SHORTTI am not in a position to say that the general law is inadequate for dealing with offences of the kind referred to, though in details of procedure it may be capable of improvement.