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Demonstrations (Policing Costs)

Volume 975: debated on Friday 14 December 1979

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total cost to public funds since 1 January of the policing of all demonstrations in the Metropolis.

Substantial, but I regret the precise cost could be calculated only at disproportionate expense.