Mr. Edward Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will explain in detail how, in his Written Answer on 15th May, he calculated that there had been a 48 per cent. rise in crimes of violence made known to the police in 1972 by comparison with 1963; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellI regret that the percentage given in the Written Answer was incorrect: the percentage increase given should have been 92.4 per cent.