HC Deb 11 June 1959 vol 606 c114W
60. Sir W. Anstruther-Gray

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many motor vehicles have been removed by the Metropolitan Police for obstructing traffic since the introduction of this practice.

Mr. Renton

My right hon. Friend is informed by the Commissioner of Police that during the period from 1st May, 1957, when The Removal of Vehicles (England and Wales) Regulations, 1957, came into force, to 7th June, 1959, 37,366 vehicles were removed from the roads in the Metropolitan Police District.

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