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St Clement Danes Church Wedding (Parking Restrictions)

Volume 644: debated on Thursday 13 July 1961

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70.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which streets were included in the directions issued by the Commissioner of Police that vehicles were not permitted to wait in the vicinity of St. Clement Danes Church in the Strand between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on 20th June, 1961, because of a wedding commencing at 4.30 p.m.

Aldwych East, from Kingsway eastward to Strand; Melbourne Place; and Strand, between Devereux Court and Melbourne Place.

71.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the approximate number of car parking spaces, usually available to the public, which were not available to them on 20th June, 1961, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., resulting from the directions of the Commissioner of Police closing certain streets in the vicinity of St. Clement Danes Church in the Strand, because of the wedding which commenced at 4.30 on that day.

While there are no authorised parking places in the streets or parts of streets in which waiting was prohibited by the Commissioner of Police on 20th June, space is normally available for about 160 cars.