HC Deb 12 July 1926 vol 198 cc36-7
59. Colonel DAY

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of summonses in respect of motoring offences which have been withdrawn by the police authorities in the Metropolitan area on the grounds that the person so summoned served as a special constable during the period of the general strike

The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir William Joynson-Hicks)

104, Sir.

Colonel DAY

Is the tight hon. Gentleman aware that in one ease a Member of the other House had four summonses brought against him, and they were withdrawn on this account?

Sir H. BRITTAIN

Does not the right hon. Gentleman think that a gallant colonel, as befits a soldier, should associate himself with the forces of law and order?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

In regard to individual cases I must have notice.

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