HC Deb 27 April 1953 vol 514 c92W
Sir G. Hutchinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what Section of the Betting and Lotteries Act, 1934, or under what other enactment, a letter addressed to Mr. A. Jones, c/o The County Hospital, Navan, County Meath, Ireland, and containing an application for a ticket for the Irish Hospitals sweepstake for the personal use of the applicant was opened and returned to the applicant by the postal authorities in circumstances to which his attention has been directed.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

This letter was detained in pursuance of a warrant issued under the power expressly recognised in Section 56 of the Post Office Act, 1908.