§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the published announcement that the Band of the 3rd Battalion Royal Leicestershire Militia will play at a "Grand Conservative Demonstration" at Husband's Bosworth, on 30th July, is a contravention of the Regulation forbidding military bands to take part in political demonstrations; and, if so, whether he will see that the Regulation is not violated?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)Permission for the band of the 3rd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment to play at a Conservative demonstration at Husband's Bosworth was asked for and refused.