§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why statistics are not available for the longest and most convenient stated period of time up to and including Friday, 26th March, of how much stolen property involving security firms has been recovered, how many arrests have been made and how many of the security firm personnel were subsequently found to be involved with the robberies; and why he will not institute a system of certification of this type of security firm.
§ Mr. SharplesBecause the value of these statistics would not match the effort of providing them; and because my right hon. Friend is not satisfied that a system of certification would be justified.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in order to relieve the police of work connected with robberies affecting security vans, why he will not request the police in the Metropolis to advise security firms to introduce a system of combination locks on their vans with the number known only to the sender, not to be 184W divulged until the vehicle has arrived at its destination, and then only by telephone to an appointed person.
§ Mr. SharplesBecause my right hon. Friend is not satisfied that a system of this kind would improve security.