§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will revert to the definition of subversion as given in the Denning report 1962 (Cmnd. 2152); and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BrittanThe Government see no reason to depart from the description of subversive activities which was first formulaed by Lord Harris of Greenwich in another place on 26 February 1975
those which threaten the safety or well-being of the State, and which are intended to undermine or overthrow Parliamentary democracy by political, industrial or violent means".—[Official Report, House of Lords, 26 February 1975; Vol. 357, c. 947.]