§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the Metropolitan Police took no action on a recent occasion when a number of people were wearing uniforms in public, some wearing swastikas, Nazi helmets and other emblems sewn on to and affixed to uniforms, prima facie in contravention of the Public Order and Uniforms Acts.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganThe Public Order Act, 1936, prohibits the wearing of uniform for political purposes and the Uniforms Act, 1894, prohibits the wearing of the uniform of Her Majesty's military forces. Prosecution is not a matter for my right hon. Friend: but the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that there was no evidence of a breach of either of these provisions by members of the audience at the concert in Hyde Park on 5th July.