§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the names of right hon. and hon. Members who have made representations to him concerning the use of CS gas cartridges in Liverpool, Toxteth, on 6 July 1981; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will list in the Official Report the organisations and bodies which have made representations to him concerning the use of CS gas cartridges in Liverpool on 6 July 1981.
§ Mr. WhitelawSince I answered "No" on 27 July to a question from the hon. Member asking if I would set up a public inquiry into the use of CS in Toxteth in 1981, the following right hon. or hon. Members, in addition to the hon. Member himself, have written to me or asked questions about or in support of the request for an inquiry: the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field), the right hon. Members for Crosby (Mrs. Williams) and for Huyton (Sir H. Wilson), my hon. Friends the Members for Liverpool, Garston (Mr. Thornton) and for Liverpool,192W Wavertree (Mr. Steen), the hon. Members for Liverpool, Edge Hill (Mr. Alton), for Liverpool, Toxteth (Mr. Crawshaw), and for Liverpool, Walton (Mr. Heffer), the hon. Members for Newton (Mr. Evans) and for Ormskirk (Mr. Kilroy-Silk), my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Runcorn (Mr. Carlisle), my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Southport (Sir I. Percival), the hon. Member for Warrington (Mr. Hoyle) and my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral (Mr. Hunt). In the same period the following organisations have written to me with the same request: the Liverpool graphical society branch of the National Graphical Association, the Merseyside community relations council, the Merseyside police committee—in terms reflecting support from the Liverpool city council—and region 6—docks section —of the Transport and General Workers Union.