§ 67. Mr. MARTINasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the police refused to allow a collection to be taken up in connection with the procession through St. Pancras on Sunday, 22nd June, for the benefit of the Royal Free Hospital?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. McKenna)My hon. Friend has been misinformed. It 1876 is not the case that the police refused to allow this collection, but it became necessary to intervene in respect of certain collectors who, notwithstanding the instructions given them by the organisers of the procession, were not complying with the regulations under which street collections are permitted. These regulations are invariably explained to the organisers of all such collections, and are generally well observed.