§ Mr. Murphyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Broxbourne (Mrs. Roe) on 15 November, Official Report, c. 377, what encouragement he is giving to the introduction of neighbourhood watch schemes throughout the rest of England and Wales.
§ Mr. HurdThe introduction of neighbourhood watch or any other crime prevention scheme requiring police help is a matter for the chief officer of police of the area 91W concerned. Home Office Ministers have, however, on several occasions expressed support for neighbourhood watch, and I recently visited the Metropolitan police scheme in Fulham.