HC Deb 22 January 1982 vol 16 c220W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is yet able to say in what form his proposed arrangements in all areas with significant ethnic minority populations for liaison between the police, local authorities and ethnic minority communities into racial attacks is to be established.

Mr. Whitelaw

I am considering what form arrangements for liaison might take in the context of Lord Scarman's recommendations for consultation between the police and the community on a broad range of matters.

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes have been made in the past three months in the training of police officers to enable them to develop a greater sensitivity towards the phenomenon of racial attacks and their severe impact on minority communites.

Mr. Mayhew

We shall consider what changes are desirable with the assistance of the Police Training Council which meets next week.