HC Deb 16 October 1969 vol 788 cc114-5W
32. Mr. Macdonald

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will issue a circular to police forces in England and Wales about the need to be properly instructed in the use of C.S. devices and in their effects.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

Chief officers of police are well aware that members of police forces who may be called upon to use C.S. should be given training, and full advantage is being taken of the central facilities for having force instructors trained.

33. Mr. Macdonald

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances and on whose authority C.S. devices now held by police forces for use against dangerous criminals can be used for purposes of riot control.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

As my hon. Friend knows, chief officers of police in England and Wales do not contemplate the use of C.S. to control public disturbances.