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
Is it not the fact that in this case the defendant admitted in evidence that his purpose was to isolate a whole community from the rest of their fellow citizens; and is it not the case that the decision, having regard to that evidence, was in direct conflict with what everyone had previously supposed to be the law?