§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on(a) the number of occasions that the police have used video cameras to record demonstrations during the year 1989, (b) the dates on which this occurred, (c) the identities of the organisers of each demonstration, (d) whether the organisers agreed to the demonstrations being video taped in each case and (e) the use to which the video produced on each occasion has since been put.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe Metropolitan police use video cameras to record demonstrations if they have reason to believe that disorder may occur. These video tapes may be used for debriefing or training officers or for evidential purposes. No record is kept of the occasions on which the Metropolitan police videotaped demonstrations in 1989.