§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis had operational responsibility for the presence of police officers AB592 Belgravia and CD439 Scotland Yard on Friday 22 October in Cambridge. [96655]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner tells me that, at the request of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, two Metropolitan police officers were deployed in Cambridge on 22 October to provide advice and assistance on the policing of the visit of the Chinese delegation. The Commissioner retained responsibility for these officers on that date.