HC Deb 25 January 1990 vol 165 c868W
22. Mr. John Townend

To ask the Secretary of Slate for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his policy with regard to expanding the number of special constables.

32. Dr. Goodson-Wicks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of special constables now attached to police forces in England and Wales; and what steps he will take to encourage chief constables to recruit more, particularly amongst ethnic minority communities.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

I refer my hon. Friends to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby and Kenilworth (Mr. Pawsey) earlier today.

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