HC Deb 07 November 1968 vol 772 cc143-5W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he is aware that the hon. Member for West Ham, North has written evidence from the Assistant Commissioner of Police and the Chief Enforcement Officer of the Greater London Council to show that false information was sent to the hon. Member for West Ham, North by the police on 21st October regarding a policeman using an unlicensed vehicle; and, in view of the communication sent to him on 23rd October by the hon. Member, what action he proposes to take in connection with this matter;

(2) whether he will investigate why on 21st October the hon. Member for West each local authority and the reasons given for the three years up to the last available date.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

The figures for England and Wales are below. The numbers of staff leaving each authority for each reason in each year are so small that statistical comparisons between one authority and another would not be sufficiently meaningful to justify the labour involved in preparing figures for each authority separately.

Ham, North was informed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police that a police officer illegally driving his private vehicle on the public highway without a road fund licence on 3rd October had applied for a licence on 2nd October, when the licensing authority had informed the hon. Member on 10th October that no licence was in being from June until 9th October and no application had by then been received;

(3) whether he will further investigate the circumstances concerning the use on the public highway by a police officer of his private vehicle without a current road fund licence, details of which have been supplied; and why the Assistant Commissioner of Police informed the hon. Member for West Ham, North on 21st October that the vehicle was being licensed on 2nd October when evidence to the contrary was available on subsequent days from the licensing authority.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

As I have already told my hon. Friend, his allegations against the Assistant Commissioner are entirely unjustified.