§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan police on the policing of the Thamesmead estate, with particular reference to the police response to allegations of racial harassment.
§ Mr. Peter LloydNo. The Metropolitan police continue to give a priority response to racial incidents, as the 1991 strategy statement makes clear.
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will obtain for his Department's Library a recording of the LWT "London Programme" broadcast on Friday 26 April, about law and order in Thamesmead; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe Home Office monitors recordings or transcripts of all television programmes dealing with substantive law and order issues. The specific policing matters raised in the LWT "London Programme" broadcast on 26 April are for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.