§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the numbers of persons who have been charged with offences relating to seditious or subversive activities during the years 1945, 1946 and 1947, respectively.
§ Mr. EdeThree persons were charged with high treason before the criminal courts in England and Wales in 1945 and one in 1946; one person was charged with seditious libel in 1947; and three persons were charged with offences under Defence Regulations 2A in 1945, ten in 1946 and two in 1947. If my hon. Friend has any other category of case in mind perhaps he will get into touch with me.