INCITEMENT TO DISAFFECTION ACT

HL Deb 22 May 1975 vol 360 cc1529-30WA

Lord BEAUMONT of WHITLEY

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What action they propose to take in response to the widespread concern about the provisions of the Incitement to Disaffection Act 1934.

Lord HARRIS of GREENWICH

The Incitement to Disaffection Act 1934 falls within a review now being conducted by the Law Commission which covers treason and other offences against the State. My right honourable friend will re-

Lord JACQUES

I am not clear what the noble Lord means by National Indebtedness. The tables below give figures on two possible definitions. The first gives interest paid on total public sector debt, and the second interest paid on the National Debt, that is the liabilities of the National Loans Fund. Figures in brackets show the increase in pence in the standard or basic rate of income tax which would have produced a yield, at the income levels of each specified year, equivalent to the total debt interest or service charge.

view the position as soon as that Report is received.