HC Deb 15 July 1948 vol 453 cc125-6W
83. Mr. Renton

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many murders, suspected murders and attempts and threats to murder were known to the police in England and Wales to have occurred during May, 1948.

Mr. Ede

There were 18 murders and suspected murders known to the police in England and Wales during May of this year. The other particulars asked for will not be available until August.