§ 80. Mr. Rankinasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what further steps he is taking to deal with the crime wave now occurring in Glasgow.
§ Mr. BuchanAs I said in reply to Questions by the hon. Member for Dumfries (Mr. Monro) and other hon. 91W Members on 31st January, I believe that for the prevention of crime we must chiefly look to social measures and to the co-operation of the public. The working party of corporation and departmental officials, to which my right hon. Friend referred in his reply of 31st January to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Pollok (Mr. Wright) has begun its examination of social measures. A campaign to encourage the public to assist the police will be opened in Glasgow by my right hon. Friend on 15th March.—[Vol. 757, c. 1317–8; Vol. 757, c. 303–4.]