30. Captain A. EVANSasked the Home Secretary if the Government will give sympathetic consideration to a proposal 626 that disabled ex-service men should be allowed to set up kiosks for the sale of newspapers and other small articles at points in public thoroughfares, as in Paris and other cities, where they would not be a hindrance to traffic, thus providing them with a decent means of livelihood and doing away with the sight of crippled men exposed to the inclemency of the weather whilst peddling?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI am advised that it would require legislation to allow the erection of kiosks in any part of the public highways, and I fear that the proposal would involve many difficulties, including objections from shopkeepers and objections as to obstruction of traffic.
Captain EVANSIs my right hon. Friend prepared to receive representations on this subject from the British Legion?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSCertainly.