Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 November 1947.
Mr Samuel Silverman
, Nelson and Colne
12:00,
27 November 1947
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the case of Rex v. Caunt in which an incitement to ostracise all Jews was held by a jury, after a direction by Mr. Justice Birkett, not to amount to seditious libel; and whether he will recommend amending legislation to make such incitements illegal.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
