§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Thames valley police and make a statement on an incident on 22 March on the A34 three miles south of Newbury when the police broke the window of a parked car;
(2) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Thames valley police and make a statement on an incident on 22 March on the A34 at the Swan roundabout near Newbury when a minibus was pushed off the road by police officers and rolled on to its side in the ditch;
(3) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Thames valley police and make a statement on an incident on 22 March when a woman was injured outside Newbury police station in an incident involving members of his force.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe chief constable of Thames valley informs me that at 2.30 am on 22 March two cars were found blocking the road on the A34 three miles south of Newbury. One of the cars was moved by its owner, but the other had to be removed by police to clear the road. In the course of this a car window was broken. Shortly afterwards, at the Swan roundabout on the A34, a car and a minibus were found blocking both exits from the roundabout. Despite appeals for the owners to come forward no one did so, and the police therefore moved the minibus off the road. Two people were arrested and issued with summonses for obstruction of the highway. Two complaints under section 49 of the Police Act 1964 have been made about the police action.
The chief constable informs me that he is not aware of an incident outside Newbury police station that day in which a woman was injured.