§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement in respect of the operation in which armed Metropolitan police officers were at the scene of an incident on 16 April at approximately 1015 hours, at the northern end of Shaftesbury avenue, London.
§ Mr. Charles WardleI understand from the Commissioner that the Metropolitan police have no record of any incident or police operation in Shaftesbury avenue on 16 April, and that no authority for the issue of firearms in the Metropolitan police district was given on that day.