§ 102. Sir S. Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what regulations he intends to issue in regard to street collections or house-to-house collections made for the purpose of local Coronation celebrations in the Metropolitan Police area.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeThe question whether a collection for a local Coronation celebration is a charitable collection 197W within the meaning of the House to House Collections Act, 1939, is a question of law which could be decided only by a court on the facts of a particular case. I understand that the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis takes the view that no police permission is required for collections which involve no more than the collaboration of a group of neighbours to raise funds for a joint celebration. I see no reason to dissent from this view.
This does not apply to collections from passers-by in the street, which are governed by Regulations made under the Police Factories, etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1916, which applies to collections for all purposes.