§ Mr. Sorensenasked the Home Secretary whether, under the Emergency Powers Act, any public meetings have yet been prohibited by the police or action taken against the publishers of newspapers and literature; and, if so, whether he will state the number of occasions and the cause of prohibition or police action?
§ Mr. PeakeNo public meetings have been prohibited under the special powers of the Defence Regulations, and I am not aware of any case in which proceedings have been instituted under them against publishers of newspapers or literature.