Lonsdale and Blake

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 June 1964.

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Photo of Miss Irene Ward Miss Irene Ward , Tynemouth 12:00, 4 June 1964

Since nearly all these people's evidence seems unreliable, may I ask my right hon. Friend why, when those statements were made, it was necessary to wait for Questions to be asked in the House of Commons to refute them? Why did he not immediately come out and slap down the people who caused great anxiety among the public, remembering that it is the public who need to be reassured, not the House of Commons or even my right hon. Friend? Will he slap them down when they make these statements?

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