§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent the principle of police primacy was maintained throughout exercise Diver Mist.
§ Mr. HanleyI have been asked to reply.
The principle that the police co-ordinate the activities of all those responding at and around the scene, as described in the Home Office publication "Dealing with Disaster", was maintained in full throughout exercise Diver Mist.