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Metropolitan Police

Volume 959: debated on Thursday 30 November 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied that the Metropolitan Police have the manpower and resources adequately to protect private property.

The shortage of manpower in the Metropolitan Police remains a source of concern, but there has been some improvement in recent months. The protection of property is one of the Commissioner's primary aims, and in this, as in other matters, he has the Government's full support.