§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on the progress of police investigations into the circumstances under which the Labour group office at Brent town hall was burgled on 16 November; and if he will make a statement on the substance of the report.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the theft of a handbag and its contents from Brent town hall was reported to Wembley police on 16 November 1984. The handbag and its contents remain missing. On 22 January Wembley police received a letter from Mr. Martin Coleman, leader of the Labour group on Brent borough council, reporting the theft of an exercise book from Brent town hall and 21W suggesting that it might have been stolen at the same time as the handbag. The exercise book was handed on to the police that same evening. Police investigations into both thefts are continuing.