Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 8 February 1940.
Sir William Brass
, Clitheroe
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the announcement made by the Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police that police officers will be issued with white overcoats in order to be seen more clearly when stopping drivers who are alleged to have exceeded 20 miles per hour in the black-out, he will consider extending this issue to point-duty officers for their normal duty of traffic control, as is the practice in other parts of the country?