§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will make a statement on the recent visit of his Department's officials to Leicester on 16 February, showing the number of(a) officials and (b) members of the public present at the meeting;
(2) what was the cost to public funds of the visit to Leicester of his Department's officials on 16 February.
§ Mr. RentonI refer the hon. Member to my reply to his question on 15 February at column439. There were five officials at the meeting in Leicester on 16 February. A picket of the hall was organised by the Indian Workers Association and only about a dozen members of the public were present. The cost to the Department was approximately £500.