§ CAPTAIN JESSEL (St. Pancras, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that a gentleman was robbed and assaulted in the Euston Road in broad daylight on 27th May; whether he is aware that the Vestry of St. Pancras have applied for extra police protection for the district; and whether steps have been taken to comply with the request?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir M. W. RIDLEY, Lancashire, Blackpool)Yes, my attention has been drawn to this robbery, which appears, however, to have been effected with little violence. An application for increased police protection was received some months ago from the vestry, but after full inquiry into the condition of the parish. I felt unable to accede to it. Crime and disorderly conduct in the streets have much decreased of late years, and the district does not compare unfavourably in these respects with other districts of a similar character in the Metropolis.