§ Mr. Leightonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis about the action taken by the police following the attack on Mr. Sathyritham of 24 Keppell road, E6, outside the Tropicana wine bar in the Newham, North-East constituency on 24 April;
(2) if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis about the action taken by the police following the attack on Mr. Perera, of 5 Burgess court, E6 on 5 May outside the Tropicana wine bar in the Newham, North-East constituency;
(3) if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis about the action taken by the police following the attack on Mr. K. Ganga Dhoran, of 503 Barking road, outside the Tropicana wine bar in the Newham, North-East constituency on 5 May.
§ Mr. HurdThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has informed me that inquiries into the serious assaults on Mr. Madnavan Sathyritham of 24 Keppell road, E6 on 24 April and on Mr. Perera and Mr. Dhoran on 5 May are being vigorously pursued, and that they have been kept in touch with developments. To try to prevent a recurrence, additional uniformed officers have been deployed in the area at appropriate times. The licensee of the Tropicana wine bar has also been seen by the police and advised about his responsibilities under section 172 of the Licensing Act 1964 not to permit
any violent, quarrelsome or riotous conduct to take place in the licensed premises".83W As I have already informed the hon. Member, the police have also taken steps to explain their response to representatives of the local community.