Mr. RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis following 65W the visit of the President of China to London; what further discussions he plans; and if he will make a statement. [96697]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary meets regularly with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to discuss policing issues in London, and there are regular contacts with the Metropolitan Police at both Ministerial and official level. There were no specific discussions of the issues specified at my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary's meetings prior to the Chinese State Visit nor at other meetings between Ministers and officials and the Metropolitan Police. At a regular meeting between my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary and the Commissioner on 27 October 1999, the Commissioner told my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary that the Metropolitan Police were conducting an internal review into the policing of the visit of the President of China.