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Mr. Arthur Lewis
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will ascertain from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis details of the action the police have taken to enforce the law on the carrying of dangerous loads on lorries and publish these details in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Mr. Sharples
There were 563 prosecutions by the Metropolitan Police in 1970 for offences relating to overloaded or dangerously loaded vehicles.