Emergency Powers (Proclamation)

Part of Orders of the Day — Strike, London Docks – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 July 1949.

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Photo of Mr Anthony Eden Mr Anthony Eden , Warwick and Leamington 12:00, 13 July 1949

I want to clear up this matter of the quotations. I must say that I checked the quotations as far as I could, and of course I fully accept what the Attorney-General has told us, but, in the "Liverpool Daily Post," which had the fullest account which I have seen of what took place, there was the juxtaposition of these two sentences, the one dealing with economic and political treason, and the next one, in which he said: I speak not as a party politician, but as Attorney-General. The juxtaposition of these two sentences strike me as making it a very grave statement.