§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of prosecutions undertaken in London and elsewhere, respectively, under section 1 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 in respect of video tapes which depict scenes of violence that transgress the provisions of that Act.
§ Mr. MayhewProsecutions brought are under section 2 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 as amended by the Obscene Publications Act 1964. For the information available centrally for England and Wales I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Hove (Mr. Sainsbury) on 30 June 1982. Such information could be provided separately for the Metropolitan Police district or elsewhere only at disproportionate cost.—[Vol. 26, c. 307–8.]