§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted for(a) begging and(b) sleeping rough and how many people have been convicted of (i) begging and (ii) sleeping rough in the Metropolitan police areaa during the period from January to October 1991.
§ Mr. John PattenI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Mrs. Golding) on 13 November at columns536–38.