HC Deb 01 February 1996 vol 270 c870W
Dr. Marek

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 24 January,Official Report, column 261, if bull bars have now been removed from Metropolitan police vehicles. [12519]

Mr. Maclean

As I stated in my reply to an earlier question from the hon. Member on 29 November 1995,Official Report columns 781–82, and 12 December 1995, Official Report columns 604–5, this is an operational matter for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. However, I understand that the Commissioner has reviewed the situation in light of the guidelines issued by the Association of Chief Police Officers and is complying with them. So far as possible, bull bars will be fitted only to vehicles for use in public disorder and where that is required in the interests of officer safety.