§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what means the Metropolitan police have available to scrutinise non-English language publications that circulate among ethnic minorities in order to ascertain whether inflammatory material is being published that is offensive under section 70 of the Race Relations Act or the Public Order Act; what steps have been taken to bring prosecutions when such material is published; and what have been the results.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that if the police have reason to believe that such a publication might be in breach of section 5A of the Public Order Act 1936 they will arrange for it to be translated in order to determine whether an offence may have been committed. I understand there have been no prosecutions under section 5A in respect of non-English language publications.