§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the extent of the traffic disruption in central London on 20 September; and what steps he proposes to avoid a recurrence.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe management of traffic in London is an operational matter for the commissioner. I understand, however, that the traffic in central London was disrupted on 20 September by an unpredictable combination of the collapse of a crane in Upper Thames street, the reporting of a suspect device in the Victoria area and a broken down vehicle in the Euston underpass.