§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Billericay on 7 March, about incidents of public disorder in Dudley street, Wolverhampton, on 20 February, if he will call for a report from the chief constable of the West Midlands as to the ethnic breakdown of the persons involved; and if he will make a statement on the substance of the report.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI understand from the Chief Constable of West Midlands that most of the crowd involved in this incident were black. Of the 22 arrested 13 were black, 8 were white and 1 was Asian.