71. Mrs. Jegerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the two speakers' pitches in Lincoln's Inn Fields are being lost to their traditional use because of competition from parked cars; and whether he will arrange with the Metropolitan Police to keep these sites free from cars until 2.30 p.m. on weekdays.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeI am aware that, at any rate since about 1938, it has been common for meetings to be held at lunch-time at two of the corners of Lincoln's Inn Fields, and I am also aware that cars are now sometimes left at these corners; but the police have no power, unless an offence of obstruction is committed, to restrict the parking of cars in order to make room for meetings, or indeed to restrict the holding of meetings in order to make room for cars.