HC Deb 06 December 1976 vol 922 cc8-9W
Mr. Moonman

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice he has given to police authorities regarding their policy of purchasing motor cycles and cars for police use from British suppliers.

Dr. Summerskill

In Home Office Circular No. 107/1975, a copy of which is in the Library of the House, police authorities and chief officers of police were told that it was assumed that they would wish to survey the market carefully before buying foreign vehicles and satisfy themselves that no suitable British-made vehicles of comparable specification and price were available.