BRITISH UNEMPLOYED
ORGANISED DEMONSTRATION QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, February 1. In reply to a question in the House of Commons as to whether steps would be taken to prevent a large scale unemployed demonstration which was being organised to take place in London next month, Sir John Gilmour (Secretary for Home Affairs) replied that there was no provision in the existing law by which the procession could be prevented from marching into London, provided it was orderly and well behaved. • He added that the right to hold peaceful meetings was one of the most cherished rights, but if it was abused in such a way as to lead inevitably to disorder or public disturbance the Government would ask Parliament for such powers as experience might show to be necessary to deal with such demonstrations.
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Evening Star, Issue 21636, 3 February 1934, Page 12
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