§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what instructions have been given to the Metropolitan Police in the last three months regarding their handling of disturbances caused by strike pickets; how many arrests were made during the recent engineering strike; how many prosecutions followed; and how many convictions resulted.
§ Mr. R. A. Butler:At the beginning of the recent strikes the Commissioner of Police drew the attention of all police officers concerned to their duties and powers in relation to pickets. There were no arrests and no prosecutions.