Mr Harold Soref: I am not saying anything of the sort. It is my view that the present arrangements are perfectly adequate and, if I am given time to develop my case, I shall show that the present police investigation of their own affairs works adequately. No doubt the arrangements will be improved, but I am certain that the introduction of lawyers and non-policemen will make the situation worse. I cannot...
Mr Harold Soref: I believe that not only would the granting of such facilities inevitably produce more frivolous complaints but that a number of criminals seeking revenge would bring new revengeful and retrospective complaints. Matters would escalate so that there would be more and more complaints the whole time. The thing would get out of hand.
Mr Harold Soref: Those whom I have described as revolutionaries would increase their activities, plotting violence against the police.
Mr Harold Soref: Several hon. Members have already pointed out that the Police Federation and other bodies do not hold that view.
Mr Harold Soref: Since such organisations, representing the police, do not believe that it would have that effect, there is no reason to believe that it would, and in my view the morale of the police and police recruiting should have greater consideration. The hon. Member for Pontypool referred to the demonstrations which took place in South Wales at the time of a rugby match. I would remind the House of...
Mr Harold Soref: That was but one of many incidents, and there has been an escalation. There have been further attacks on the police in different parts of the country. They may not have been on quite such a large scale, but that they have occurred is beyond doubt. And they will continue. There have been references in the debate to the complications which the development of a multi-racial society is likely to...
Mr Harold Soref: Since my right hon. Friend has expressed disapproval of terrorism elsewhere, will he express his regrets to the Zambian Government at the presence of terrorist gangs in Zambia, consisting of Chinese and Russian trained guerrillas? Is it not a fact that there are 30,000 Chinese at present in Zambia and Tanzania working allegedly on the Tanzanian Railway, and that they are an ever-ready threat...
Mr Harold Soref: We have just heard from the hon. Member for Huddersfield, West (Mr. Lomas) a most agreeable, non-controversial and brief speech. I fear that I shall be controversial. I fear that I may be disagreeable. However, I promise that I shall be brief. I was struck by the remark made by the hon. Member for Rutherglen (Mr. Gregor Mackenzie) when he expressed, with a remarkable degree of pride, his...
Mr Harold Soref: I was not referring to telephones, but to the advertisements telling people "Your friend needs a letter" or words to that effect. That was the phrase used on the hoardings, and it was a complete waste of money. One of the reasons for the deterioration in the postal services is, I am told, that the men employed on them used to be ex-Servicemen of a particularly good and reliable type, but...
Mr Harold Soref: The hon. Member appears not to know that since the war the practice in the City of London has been to operate a five-day week and I know of no office in the City of London which opens for business on Saturday. Since an export business is conducted largely in the City of London it is inevitable in those circumstances that the post will not be dealt with until Monday. The same applies to other...
Mr Harold Soref: Rubbish.
Mr Harold Soref: How does the hon. Gentleman account for the fact that in the past letters which bore a stamp of 1½d. reached their destination the following morning, whereas in these days when thousands of millions of pounds have been spent on the service there is no guarantee that they will ever reach their destination.
Mr Harold Soref: Unlike the hon. and learned Member for Northampton (Mr. Paget) and the hon. Member for Liverpool. West Derby (Mr. Ogden), who made the debate worth while by their remarkable speeches showing great knowledge of Rhodesia and their sympathy for its future, the hon. Member for Eton and Slough (Miss Lestor) has shown a greater familiarity with cloud-cuckoo-land than with Rhodesia. I should like...
Mr Harold Soref: I would remind the House that in 1961 that innocent said publicly in Rhodesia "I will not rest until the rivers of Zimbabwe run red with the blood of every white man, woman and child and every African who supports them." I regard that statement in a continent like Africa to be good enough reason for putting a man away. I also remind hon. Members that Mr. Todd's comforts In his substantial...
Mr Harold Soref: I have no privileged position. I would agree that if there is some suffering by a certain family in Rhodesia it is most unfortunate. I am sure that Mr. Smith would take action if the hon. Member brought it to his attention. Furthermore, this is an isolated example and it does not compare with the suffering of millions of black Africans from Zanzibar to Sierra Leone. When we consider the...
Mr Harold Soref: I suggested that the Russians were buying chrome and reselling it to America. Does the hon. Member for Derby, North (Mr. Whitehead) suggest that pressure should be brought to bear upon the Soviet Union for acting as the entrepreneur in that deal?
Mr Harold Soref: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement over the position and future of British farmers in Tanzania and their threatened expulsion.
Mr Harold Soref: Is my right hon. Friend aware that in The Times on 30th June President Nyerere was quoted as saying "There is no future for Europeans in socialist Tanzania. In the long run this is no country for you"? Is it not time there was a protest from Her Majesty's Government to Tanzania about its racialism, which is an example of the black Fascism occurring increasingly in countries on the African...
Mr Harold Soref: asked the Minister of State for Defence what assistance his Department gives members of Her Majesty's forces with the finding of houses following their demobilisation.
Mr Harold Soref: I thank my hon. Friend for his reply. Does he concede that many Service men who are not on housing lists are at a great disadvantage on demobilisation and that particularly those stationed in Ulster prior to demobilisation are worthy of special consideration?
