Sir F. HALLasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to a poster issued by an evening paper on 20th February containing the suggestion that the Grenadier Guards were being employed by the Government to handle goods at the docks in connection with the strike; and whether, in view of the growing tendency of certain newspapers to display posters which have more regard to circulation than to truth, he will consider as to obtaining powers to prosecute journals indulging in this provocative practice?
Mr. DAVIESMy attention had not previously been drawn to this poster. I am unable to suggest any remedy by way of legislation for the publication of false news.