HC Deb 06 March 1952 vol 497 c76W
105. Mr. Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to make it an offence to deny British subjects the right of admission to public places of entertainment solely on account of their colour.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

While I fully share the hon. Member's view as to the undesirability of discrimination against coloured persons, whether or not they are British subjects, I think that this matter is not best dealt with by legislation and should be regulated preferably by the influence of enlightened public opinion.