§ 56. Mr. Wyattasked the Secretary of State for War why Queen's Regulations relating to church parades have been consistently contravened in Southern Command; and why, upon this being brought to his attention, he took no action.
§ Mr. WyattThe Secretary of State himself told me that 101 church parades had taken place illegally. Why, in view of the information he himself has given about more than 100 illegal parades in 190 Southern Command, is he not prepared to take action? Is it not a fact that Queen's Regulations say that church parades may take place only on days of local or national significance, and that a regimental week-end is not a day of local significance?
§ Mr. HeadI wrote to the hon. Member explaining that the parades that have taken place in Southern Command came within the category specified in Queen's Regulations.