§ 64. Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether police constables have complete discretion when taking action in regard to unattended parked vehicles in the streets of London and must satisfy themselves that obstruction has arisen in each particular case, or to what extent instructions are given to them on certain days to take action in regard to all unattended vehicles in particular streets whether or not specific obstruction by such vehicles is being caused at the time.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeThe general instructions issued to Metropolitan police within which they have discretion to act, are that they must make every effort to reduce to a minimum the interference with traffic circulation caused by stationary vehicles; in doing so, they must have due regard to the traffic conditions prevailing and to the purpose and length of time for which vehicles are left waiting. If, through the presence of unattended vehicles, traffic conditions in particular thoroughfares became very bad, local instructions would be issued to pay special attention to those streets.