HC Deb 11 September 1941 vol 374 c290
37. Sir H. Williams

asked the Home Secretary why the Regional Commissioner for South-East England has issued instructions in accordance with which it is necessary to immobilise unregistered motor-cars more rigidly than registered motor-cars?

Mr. H. Morrison

The object of the direction issued by the Regional Commissioner for the South-Eastern region for the immobilisation of unlicensed private vehicles was to ensure that such vehicles could not be suddenly recommissioned for purposes contrary to the public interest in the event of an invasion.