HC Deb 23 June 1938 vol 337 cc1254-5
44. Mr. G. Strauss

asked the Home Secretary whether he proposes to take any action on the lines suggested in the report of the Metropolitan Commissioner of Police that all demonstrations in London should be banned?

Sir S. Hoare

In his last report the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis drew attention to the serious drain on the resources of the police caused by political processions and to the fact that they are thereby diverted from other duties; but no general prohibition of political processions in the Metropolis would be possible without legislation. The question was discussed when the Public Order Act, 1936, was before the House, and no fresh legislation is contemplated at present.