HC Deb 30 March 1950 vol 473 cc63-4W
82. Mr. Black

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered further requests from the county councils association and other sources asking him to empower local authorities to make by-laws prohibiting the sale of contraceptives from automatic machines in dance halls and other public places; and what action he proposes to take.

Mr. Ede

Yes, but I have received no evidence to support a request for further powers, or that the form of by-law which has been widely adopted by local authorities has not met the mischief at which it was aimed.

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