§ 24. Mr. Molloyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reports he has received from the Metropolitan Commissioner of Police concerning traffic problems in North Ealing; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe police are continuing to do all they can to deal with the problem of heavy lorries in residential streets 1511 about which my hon. Friend wrote to the hon. Member last October.
§ Mr. MolloyIs the hon. and learned Gentleman aware that there is not much improvement, and that the traffic problem in the Perivale, Greenford and part of Northolt are becoming extremely serious? Will he again get in touch with the Commissioner of Police and ask him to assist the local police in tackling this grievous problem and so ease the minds of many of my constituents who are seriously perturbed about it?
§ Mr. CarlisleI am sure the police wilt do all they can to ease the problem. Any question of traffic regulation is of course a matter for the local authority. The duty of the police is to carry out the law, and I am sure they are doing all they can to enforce the law as it exists.