§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will call for a report on the incident on 9 December 2000 when Essex Police told Mr Andrew Bond that they did not have the manpower to deal with intruders who had broken into a barn at Gutteridge Farm in Weeley, Essex, causing criminal damage to wheat stored in the barn. [HL646]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bassam of Brighton)The Chief Constable of the Essex Police has advised me about the incident at Gutteridge Farm on 9 December 2000 in which the police responded to the rave being held on Mr Bond's property without his consent.
I understand that the officers attending the incident assisted Mr Bond in so far as he was prepared to exercise his rights as landlord.