HC Deb 18 March 1982 vol 20 cc168-9W
40. Mr. Leighton

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in consultations about liaison between local communities and the police.

Mr. Mayhew

Following discussions which my right hon. Friend has had with community representatives of Lambeth, the inaugural meeting of the new community police consultative group for Lambeth was held on 3 March. The consultations throughout England and Wales to which my right hon. Friend referred in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Orpington (Mr. Stanbrook) on 18 February—[Vol. 18, c. 187–8.]—are continuing and officials have already made visits to several areas to seek local views about consultative arrangements.