§ 76. Mr. Prittasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Colonel Rhys Davies who is lecturing in the United States of America and is employed and paid by His Majesty's Government for that purpose, in a lecture delivered in Minnesota about the end of January, misrepresented the circumstances under which the election of 1945 was held, attacked the workers in general, and accused the Labour Party of shirking military service during the war in order to prepare for the election; and what steps he will take in relation to the further employment of this individual.
§ Mr. BevinColonel Rhys Davies is not employed or paid by His Majesty's Government. His lectures are under commercial sponsorship. The latter part of the Question therefore does not arise.