asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the police in Southampton regarding a silent protest against the Abortion Act in which a constituent of the hon. Member for Sudbury and Woodbridge was participating and which was disrupted by a mob displaying red banners.

The Chief Constable of Hampshire tells us that a march followed by a meeting was held in Southampton on 12th April by the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child. There was heckling and some rowdiness from counter-demonstrators at the meeting, but there was no disorder on a scale to justify arrests.