HC Deb 16 December 1965 vol 722 c318W
63. Mr. Kenneth Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will call for reports from chief constables throughout the country on the increased numbers of police being used to deal with crowd disturbance inside football grounds.

Mr. George Thomas

If the services of the police are called upon, it is for the chief officer of police to decide how many men are required, and my right hon. and learned Friend has no reason to think that these arrangements are not working satisfactorily.