§ 14. Mr. THURTLEasked the Home Secretary if he is aware that one of the political parties intends to employ loud speakers in the forthcoming election campaign which will enable speakers to make their voices heard over a radius exceeding a mile; if he has considered the inconvenience which may be caused to the general public by this aggravation of the existing noise nuisance; and if he proposes to take any action to restrict the volume of such sounds?
§ Sir V. HENDERSONI have not heard of any proposal to use loud speakers with the radius mentioned in the question, but if a nuisance is caused by their use there is a remedy under the common law. My right hon. Friend has no powers which would enable him to take any action in the matter.
§ Mr. THURTLEIs the hon. and gallant Gentleman aware that the Liberal party has announced that it is going to use such instruments; and will he make an appeal to that party, and any other parties who may be making use of loud speakers, in order to see that the public may not suffer in vain and that these ear-splitting speeches shall at least conk lain an element of sound sense?
§ Sir V. HENDERSONI am not aware of the fact, but I would point out to the lion. Member that if the said loud speakers are going to create a nuisance I am certainly not going to appeal to the Liberal party not to use them.