HC Deb 18 February 1932 vol 261 cc1837-8W
Sir P. DAWSON

asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the increasing number of motor snatch-and-grab raids which are taking place all over the country, more especially in London, he will take any more effective measures than exist to-day for having them forestalled and dealt with?

Sir H. SAMUEL

The police are fully alive to the necessity for taking all possible measures to deal with this serious class of crime. In the Metropolitan police district the number of raids in 1931 showed a decrease on 1930. As I informed the House recently, the Commissioner of Police is very much concerned about this matter, and is giving it his close personal attention.