§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Merseyside regarding incidents which occurred in Toxteth on Friday, 3 September.
§ Mr. Mayhew:We understand from the chief constable that there were two incidents of note in Toxteth on that day. In the first, when a van was stopped by police officers in Maynard Street, one of the occupants produced a sawn-off shot gun, pointed it at an officer, and then fired it into the air. Six people have been arrested and charged in connection with that incident. In the second, firemen called to a house in Upper Parliament Street found the body of a man, about whose death there proved to be no suspicious circumstances.