§ 19. Mr. A. Royleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware of the nuisance to residents arising from the parking of ice-cream barrows on the corners of residential streets in Kew during the summer; and if he will ensure that appropriate action is taken by the police to curtail such parking in the future.
§ Mr. RentonSo far as their other commitments allow, the police will continue to take action to prevent any breach of the law.
§ Mr. RoyleIs my hon. Friend aware that residents in the Lichfield Road area of Kew will welcome his reply, but will he make certain that the police really go all out to stop parking, which is causing such a great nuisance to many people living in the area?
§ Mr. RentonIf the ice-cream barrows encroach upon the corners of the streets and the roads the police would cause them to move on, but where they are not standing at the corners they cause less obstruction than many of the cars parked in the vicinity.
§ Sir G. NicholsonAre we to take it from my hon. and learned Friend's Answer that the prevention of breaches of the law takes a low place in the priority of police duties?
§ Mr. RentonNo. If my hon. Friend will be so good as to examine my original Answer, he will find that I said that the police will continue to take action to prevent any breach of the law.