§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Wiltshire as to the circumstances in which the windows of a parked van were broken by police officers and one of the women passengers was injured on the B3098 road at Foxley corner between Urchfont and Wedhampton on the night of 21 to 22 January; and if he will make a statement on the substance of the report.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe chief constable tells me that police inquiries into the incident are continuing and that some of the people involved have recorded complaints under the Police Acts of 1964 and 1976 against the officers concerned. The chief constable is appointing an officer from an outside force to investigate these complaints. Five women were arrested as a result of the incident and have been bailed pending further inquiries. It would be inappropirate for me to comment further at this stage.