§ Mr. TrotterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inquiries the police have conducted into the activities of organised criminals in connection with the Labour party in north Tyneside within the last year; and if he will make a statement. [22631]
§ Mr. MacleanInvestigation into the activities of organised criminals in north Tyneside is a matter for the chief constable of Northumbria police. I am told, though, that the police are at present conducting a preliminary inquiry into certain allegations connected with the North Tyneside council.