Mr. De la Bèreasked the Home Secretary whether he is prepared to consider a scheme for the national registration of finger prints throughout the country with a view to storing them, thus making it easier for the police to trace persons suffering from loss of memory?
§ Mr. LloydFinger prints undoubtedly afford an easy and certain means of establishing identity, but my right hon. Friend would not feel justified in considering the question of a national finger print registry for the purpose indicated unless he were satisfied that there is a real and general desire for such a system.