HC Deb 01 April 1926 vol 193 cc2352-3
4. Sir HARRY BRITTAIN

asked the Home Secretary if he is aware that an application made by the Priory Constitutional Club, of Acton, to the local inspector of police for the extension of one hour, 10 p.m. to 11 p.m., on the 13th January last, was refused; whether the refusal of the extension in question was due to any Regulations made by the Home Office, or by the Commissioner of Police, which limited the number of occasions on which extensions might be granted; and, if so, whether these Regulations will be published, se that clubs become fully acquainted with them?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

As has already been explained to my hon. Friend in recent correspondence with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the grant or refusal of such an application is a matter in which the Commissioner of Police must exercise his discretion, having regard to all the circumstances of each individual case. It cannot be dealt with by hard and fast rules, and no question of the publication of such rules, therefore, arises.