HC Deb 09 July 1981 vol 8 c185W
39. Mr. George Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes have recently been made in the size, structure and role of the Metropolitan Police special patrol group.

Mr. Whitelaw

As to changes in the group's size and structure, I refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave to questions by my hon. Friend the Member for Paddington (Mr. Wheeler) on 4 June 1981 and by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mrs. Short) on 9 June 1981.—[Vol. 5, c.384; Vol. 6, c. 82.] The group's role as a mobile reserve remains unchanged.