§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on the considerable disparity between the level of vandalism, assaults, sexual attacks and other crimes of violence as between the London borough of Newham and the Cities of London and Westminster and the steps which the Commissioner is taking, for example by strengthening policing in the area, to improve the situation in Newham.
§ Mr. WhitelawDecision on the operational use of the resources of the Metropolitan186W Police are a matter for the Commissioner, but I know that he is anxious to make the best possible use of these resources in fighting crime throughout the whole of the Metropolitan Police district. K district, which contains the London borough of Newham, may expect to benefit from the substantial increase in the strength of the force since the implementation of the recommendations of the Edmund-Davies committee on police pay and has already done so to some extent.