asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that in the Shoreditch area recently there have been a number of large Fascist notices on derelict walls on bombed sites; and what steps the police are taking to apprehend those responsible.

During the past year some 25 cases of defacement of walls in Shoreditch and neighbouring districts have been reported, 17 of them involving the painting or chalking of slogans which might be described as Fascist. The police exercise all possible vigilance, and have successfully prosecuted in a few cases, but detection of offenders is difficult unless they can be caught in the act.