§ 4. Mr. Dribergasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police were on duty in the immediate neighbourhood of St. Aldhelm's Church, Edmonton, on the occasion of the christening of quadruplets on 30th March, when a number of parishioners were unable to obtain access to their parish church, and obstruction was caused largely by representatives of a film company which had secured a monopoly in the newsreel pictures of this event; and whether his regulations give full powers to the police to prevent such disturbance of public order.
§ 8. Mr. Blackburnasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in view of the disorder endangering a breach of the peace associated with the filming of the christening of quadruplets on 30th March at St. Aldhelm's Church. Edmonton, what steps he has taken by regulation or otherwise to prevent the filming of religious ceremonies in such a manner as to involve disturbances of public order.
§ Mr. EdeThe police have adequate powers for keeping order and preventing obstruction in the streets, and no special action was necessary on the occasion in question which, I am informed, was not attended with any disorder. Five police officers in course of normal duty were near the church.