HC Deb 15 October 2001 vol 372 c920W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the findings of Sir Herman Ouseley's report on the impact of segregated schools on the riots in Bradford. [7120]

Angela Eagle

Lord Ouseley's report was commissioned and prepared for Bradford Vision, a partnership involving local government, police and other agencies.

The ministerial group on Public Order and Community Cohesion delivered its first report to the Home Secretary on 8 October. The report covers progress on the measures put in hand immediately following my statement to the House on 10 July 2001, Official Report, column 663, and makes proposals for further measures to address the issues raised by the serious public order disturbances earlier this summer.

The ministerial group expects to complete its work in December when it will submit a further report. That report will, among other things, take account of the independent Review Team, which I also established following the disorders in Bradford in July. Once the group has presented its final report and we have concluded our review I shall be making a statement.