HC Deb 19 November 1998 vol 319 c729W
Mr. Livingstone

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times police forces have used CR tear gas in public since 1968; on what dates CR gas was used in public; for what reasons; and in what circumstances police forces have been authorised to use CR tear gas in public since 1968. [60331]

Mr. Boateng

CR gas is not issued to police forces in the United Kingdom.