HC Deb 03 May 1973 vol 855 c331W
27. Mr. William Price

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many letters he has received during the past 12 months on the subject of Government policy towards the crimes known as "muggings".

Mr. R. Carr

The term "mugging"', which has no precise meaning, has been in common use for the past seven or eight months. During that time a matter of 60 letters have referred solely or primarily to crimes within the broad sense of the term.