HC Deb 26 October 1939 vol 352 c1589W
Mr. Mitchell

asked the Home Secretary whether during the last few days, any new action has been taken by the police in the direction of prohibiting brief stoppages by motor cars in the main streets and in the side streets in Central London and the West End of London?

Sir J. Anderson

As a precautionary measure, to prevent streets being so obstructed by standing vehicles as to constitute a hindrance to the passage of essential vehicles during an air raid, the Commissioner of Police issued instructions to the police on the 18th September to ensure that no parking of unattended vehicles should be permitted at any time near road junctions or in bottlenecks. No doubt the police action to which my hon. Friend refers was taken in pursuance of these instructions.