HC Deb 12 April 1988 vol 131 c5W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received concerning the policing of rural areas; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

As I explained in answer to a Question from the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley) on 21 January, at column 785, it is for chief officers of police to determine the most suitable methods of policing rural areas.