§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the amount of damage caused by soccer hooligans in previous seasons, he will call a conference of police authorities and football organisations with a view to finding a satisfactory way of dealing with these occurrences; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Whitelaw:No. My hon. Friend the Minister with responsibility for sport recently announced that the liaison group which was so successful in preventing trouble during the World Cup will be re-convened to study the problems of football hooliganism under the chairmanship of Mr. Bert Millichip, chairman of the Football Association. Officials from my Department will play an active part on the group.