§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Leicester East on 22 February, Official Report, columns 530–1, he will give such details as are readily available of each of the orders prohibiting processions made under the Public Order Act 1936 in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. HurdThe following is the information in respect of banning orders made in England and Wales under section 3(2) or section 3(3) of the Act in each of the past 10 years:
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Class or classes of procession banned Date ban commenced District(s) Duration All public processions other than those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character 11 July Metropolitan Police District, City of London All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 17 July Walsall 10 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 18 July Oxford 11 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character 18 July Plymouth 30 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character 24 July Scunthorpe 17 days Great Grimby Cleethorpes All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 1 August North Bedfordshire 9 days South Bedfordshire Luton All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 14 August North Bedfordshire 29 days South Bedfordshire Luton All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 21 August Crawley 17 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character 21 August Peterborough 31 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 26 August Liverpool 43 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character 28 August Metropolitan Police District, 31 days City of London All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character 4 September Northampton 25 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 19 September Ipswich 9 days Bury St. Edmunds All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 26 September Luton 9 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 3 October Sheffield 2 days All public processions of a political nature within the London Borough of Croydon 16 October London Borough of Croydon 2½days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character 31 October Oldham 7 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character, or those customarily held in remembrance of the dead 7 November Rochdale 7 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 4 December London Boroughs of Brent and Harrow 2½days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character 4 December Rochdale 7 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 11 December London Boroughs of Brent and Harrow 2½days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 19 December Rochdale 29 days 1982 All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 23 January Calderdale 9 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 30 January City of Coventry 9 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 6 February Calderdale (Halifax) 23 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 13 March London Borough of Southwark 2 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 26 March Kirklees 24 days
Class or classes of procession banned Date ban commenced District(s) Duration All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 31 March North Bedfordshire 9 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive or ceremonial character customarily held 9 April London Boroughs of Hounslow, Hillingdon and Ealing 3 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character customarily held 31 July South Bedfordshire 9 days Luton All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character customarily held 28 August London Boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham 3 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character 11 September Metropolitan Police District 1 day All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character 11 September City of London 1 day All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character 23 October London Boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham 2 days 1983 All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character 22 January London Boroughs of Hounslow and Richmond-upon-Thames 2 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character 29 January London Borough of Bexley 2 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character customarily held 29 January Dartford 2 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character 19 February London Borough of Southwark 2 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character 19 February London Boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham, Greenwich and Tower Hamlets 2 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character customarily held 23 April Slough 2 Days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character 16 July London Boroughs of Barking, Dagenham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Newham 2 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character customarily held 30 July London Borough of Haringey 2 days All public processions except those of a religious, educational, festive and ceremonial character customarily held 30 July London Boroughs of Islington, Hackney, Waltham Forest, Enfield, Camden, Barnet and Tower Hamlets 2 days