HC Deb 22 April 1986 vol 96 c123W
Sir Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the weapons taken from demonstrators at Wapping by the Metropolitan police.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The following items have been taken from demonstrators or recovered by the police in the course of the News International dispute at Wapping.

  • a rope harpoon
  • a number of live shotgun cartridges
  • a rubber hose embedded with nails
  • a number of beer glasses
  • nails
  • stones
  • bricks
  • eggs
  • darts
  • iron bars
  • scaffolding clips
  • iron railing tops
  • bottles
  • a length of hard rubber
  • marbles
  • a screwdriver
  • a knife
  • a bottle of paraffin
  • a thunder-flash