Part of Orders of the Day — Dog Racecourse Betting (Temporary Provisions) Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 March 1947.
Sir John Crowder
, Finchley
12:00,
21 March 1947
In view of the fact that people will in future be attending meetings in large numbers on Saturdays, will the Home Secretary see that there are sufficient police to control the crowds, and that the stands are sufficient to take the extra people?
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