EMERGENCY ROWERS
DETENTIONS IN BRITAIN,
(Rec. 11.45 ii.m.) RUG BY. July 23. Moving an address to the King praying that the Emergency Powers Act, 1939, which is due to expire in August, continue in force for another year, the Under-Secretary to the Home Office (Mr Peake) said “that practically all the wartime legislation depended upon this step being taken. Mr Peake referred especially to the power of detention without trial, which was repugnant to the British sense of justice but necessary for the maintenance of security. lie said 1779 orders of detention had been made under these powers and that at present 762 persons were detained; many were persons of hostile origin or association possessing British nationality only by a more or less accidental circumstance and the remainder were detained as being “members of an organisation subject to control.” Mr Peake stated that constructive criticism of the regulations giving this power would be welcomed, but he reminded the House that the Home Secretary was responsible for internal security. The motion was agreed to.— Official Wireless.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 199, 24 July 1941, Page 8
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