asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his policy towards the public display of indecent material.

We fully recognise, as did the Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship, the public desire not to be offended by the display and availability of such material. We shall consider the matter further in the light of the consultations which we are about to undertake on the committee's report and of the proceedings on the Bill introduced by my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Dr. Mawhinney).