§ MR. MOON (St. Pancras, N.)To ask I the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the holding up of the traffic at Hyde Park Corner on Sunday July 9th, in order to give passage to the demonstrators in favour of the Unemployed Workmen's Bill, was of consider- ably longer duration than usual on such occasions; and whether steps can be taken in the future to prevent such an interference with the convenience of the general public for the benefit of one particular section of it.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas.) The passage through the streets of so large a body of demonstrators must of necessity obstruct general traffic. The police took the measures which they considered would be most effective in mitigating inconvenience to the public, and I am informed that the time during which traffic was stopped at Hyde Park Corner was not much longer than is usually the case in such circumstances.