asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to bring into effect those provisions of the Public Order Act 1986 not currently in operation.

Some provisions of the Act were brought into effect on 1 January. Parts I and III, and the rest of parts II and V, will come into force on 1 April. The necessary commencement order was published last week. My Department is today issuing a circular to the police and others, a copy of which is being placed in the Library. I intend to bring the remaining part of the Act, part IV —exclusion orders—into force before the beginning of the next football season.