HC Deb 16 February 1965 vol 706 cc208-9W
Mrs. Shirley Williams

asked the Attorney-General what inquiries have been made by the Director of Public Prosecutions with regard to the use of the postal service to publicise the magazine Penthouse.

The Attorney-General

As I have informed the House in Answers to Questions by the hon. Member for Bournemouth, East and Christchurch (Mr. Cordle) on 10th December, 1964, and 15th February, 1965, police inquiries have been carried out on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions about the publication of circulars advertising this magazine. Criminal proceedings are now pending and further inquiries by the police are being made. It is not for the Director of Public Prosecutions or his officers to make inquiries about the use of the postal service.