§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will ask the Commissioner of Police to have an investigation made into the number of vehicles parked on the roads of London without Road Fund licences, some of them abandoned with defective petrol tanks.
§ Mr. George ThomasMy right hon. Friend is not convinced that he would be justified in asking the Commissioner to undertake such an inquiry at the present time.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that since October, 1964, a derelict van has been left abandoned in Atherton Mews, Forest Gate, with petrol in the tank, and that Joseph Turner reported this to the police; and what action has been taken to date by the police with regard to this.
§ Mr. George ThomasThe Commissioner of Police informs my right hon. Friend that there is no record of a complaint to the police by Mr. Joseph Turner about a van abandoned in Atherton Mews, which is a private road.
315WAnother local resident called at Forest Gate Police Station on 20th February about a Bedford Dormobile van which was in a derelict condition in Atherton Mews. The vehicle was removed by the local authority on 8th March.