HC Deb 08 April 1981 vol 2 c274W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he has taken to protect the lives of Iraqi students in Cardiff and in other areas of Great Britain who have been threatened with attack by agents of the Ba'athist Government in Iraq.

Mr. Mayhew

The chief constable of the South Wales constabulary tells us that four arrests were made following an incident at University college, Cardiff, on 30 January this year, in which two Iraqi students were injured. At the trial on 26 March, two of the defendants were found not guilty, while charges in respect of the other two were withdrawn and they were bound over for two years. The Government and the police are determined to combat violence from whatever quarter it may come. Any Iraqi student who feels himself threatened should not hesitate to get in touch with the police.