§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a water cannon from the Greenwich holding centre was present at an eviction carried out by Metropolitan police officers in Effra parade, Brixton, on 26 March 1984; and whether police on that occasion were equipped with CS gas, plastic bullets, or firearms.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis informs me that none of the police officers deployed at the scene was equipped with CS gas, plastic baton rounds, or firearms. No water cannon were present.