§ Mr. BrightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from the chief constable of Bedfordshire and from Bedfordshire's police authority on the relationship between inadequate and defective street lighting and the level of crime in the county, and in Luton in particular; and what has been his response.
§ Mr. John PattenWe have received no such representations.
§ Mr. BrightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research has been conducted into the relationship between the level of crime and the level of street lighting within the last five years.
§ Mr. John PattenI understand that because of the methodological difficulties involved, little research of any consequence has been carried out into the relationship between street lighting (or the lack of it) and crime in the United Kingdom.