§ 92. Mr. Colegateasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered the papers which have been sent to him regarding Mr. A. H. Bettany; and whether, in view of the considerations of health involved in this case, he will consider the suitability of exercising the Royal Prerogative of mercy.
§ Mr. EdeFrom time to time a large number of letters of complaint have been received from Mr. Bettany, the origin of his complaint being certain civil proceedings in which he was concerned before the war, and subsequent criminal proceedings taken against him in 1940 and 1943 for defamatory libels on judges. In June, 1949, he was also bound over to abstain from making further similar 241W libels. His complaints have been carefully examined but have disclosed no ground for action, or for recommending the exercise of the Royal Prerogative.