HC Deb 23 May 1979 vol 967 c141W
Mrs. Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will, in the interest of law and order and public safety, ban all future National Front marches.

Mr. Whitelaw

Under the Public Order Act 1936 it is, on each occasion, for the chief officer of police to decide whether a ban on processions should be sought on the ground that serious public disorder cannot otherwise be averted.