§ Mr. Amessasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what technological aids are available to the police to seek to prevent football hooliganism constituting a threat to public order.
§ Mr. Giles ShawIn addition to equipment available to the police for general purposes, such as personal radios, 719W use is also made of closed circuit television at some grounds. The Home Office is also experimenting with a van equipped to take good quality still and video pictures outside and inside grounds. The van is intended to assit in crowd control and also to gather evidence for use in court proceedings. It has been deployed in two matches to date, and it is planned to use it at a number of matches in April.
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have taken place arising from incidents at or after football matches in the last year in Wales.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Mr. Amess) on 3 April at column627.