§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (1) pursuant to his answer of 16 June 1998,Official Report, columns 173–74, on CS spray, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report arising out of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency's literature review on possible alternative solvents at the end of 1997; [49998]
(2) pursuant to his answer of 16 June 1998, Official Report, columns 173–74, on CS spray, if he will place in the Library a copy of the specification issued by the Association of Chief Police Officers on the purchase of CS sprays; and on what date this specification was issued. [49999]
§ Mr. MichaelThe specification issued jointly by the Association of Chief Police Officers and the Police Scientific Development Branch was issued to chief police officers in March 1997. Copies of the specification and of the report arising out of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency's literature review of possible alternative solvents are available in the Library.