HC Deb 18 November 1971 vol 826 c189W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will obtain from the Metropolitan Police, and publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT, their assessment of the effects on traffic conditions in London of afternoon garden parties held at Buckingham Palace.

Mr. Sharples

In the light of experience the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has worked out standing arrangements for coping with increased traffic pressure. But it is always difficult to isolate the effect of one event from the effects of other factors which from day to day influence traffic conditions.