§ 70. Mr. Captain BRASSasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the remarks of the Marylebone magistrate in connection with a summons issued by the Metropolitan Police against a lady, where the magistrate stated that half these motor summonses were perfectly ridiculous; and whether, in view of the fact that her car was left in a well-lighted street and was plainly visible at the time to all other road users without its lights on, he will give instructions that summonses for technical offences of this kind should not be applied for unless the vehicle concerned is a real public danger and not plainly visible to other road users?
§ Captain HACKINGI have considered all the circumstances carefully, hut I cannot issue instructions to the police giving them authority to connive at breaches of the law.
§ Captain BRASSWill the hon. and gallant Member see that due consideration is taken of the spirit of the law, instead of the strict letter of the Act?