HC Deb 06 November 1947 vol 443 cc233-4W
Sir W. Smithers

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an assurance that information obtained from letters which are opened or X-rayed by enforcement officers when leaving this country is treated as confidential.

Mr. Dalton

I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. and gallant Member for Knutsford (Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenport) last Thursday.