§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Thames Valley police as to the nature of the acts alleged to have been committed during the harassment of Sir Michael Giddings in 1984; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI understand from the chief constable of Thames Valley that the acts of harassment reported to him by Sir Michael Giddings included nuisance telephone calls, many of them abusive, made to both Sir Michael and his wife; hundreds of unsolicited letters sent to his private address; demonstrators calling at his home; trespassers in his garden; the breaking of a window; and the posting of a parcel of excreta through the letter box.
The chief constable informs me that it has not been possible to identify people who might be prosecuted for criminal acts committed during this harassment.