§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of persons prosecuted by the Metropolitan police in connection with the Wapping dispute where offences were alleged to have taken place (a) in the immediate proximity of the plant, (b) elsewhere in east London and (c) in other locations; and, in respect of (b) above, if he will indicate the nature of the charges made.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that up to 27 January 1987 1,337 persons had been charged with offences in connection with the dispute following arrests in the Leman street division. Information about offences committed in other areas of London in connection with the dispute is not centrally available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.