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FREE SPEECH IN ENGLAND. (United Press Association—Copyright). LONDON, February 1. Asked .in the House of Commons whether steps Avould be taken to prevent the large-scale unemployed demonstration Avhich was being organised to take place in London next month, tha Secretary of State for Home Affairs (Sir John Gilmour) replied saying that there was no provision in the existing law by which processions could be prevented from marching into London, provided they were orderly and well behaved. Sir John added that the right to hold peaceful meetings was one of the * most cherished rights of the people, but if it were abused in such a way as to bad inevitably to disorder or public disturbance the Government would ask Parliament for powers, such as experience might show to be necessary to deal with such demonstrations.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 97, 3 February 1934, Page 5
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