HC Deb 12 March 1991 vol 187 c482W
Mr. Meale

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek a report from the chief constable of Hampshire on the total number of police involved in policing New Forest hunts on Boxing day and new year's day 1990.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

I understand from the chief constable that 23 uniformed officers and six special constables were in attendance when the New Forest hunt met on Boxing day 1990 and that 10 uniformed officers were deployed on new year's day 1991.

Mr. Meale

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek a report from the chief constable of Hampshire on the number of occasions in 1990 when police video cameras were used to film hunt protesters in the New Forest.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

I understand from the chief constable that the police used video cameras at 14 hunt meetings in 1990.

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