asked the Secretary of State for the Horne Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis as to the reasons for the presence of a large number of police vehicles and police officers in the vicinity of the Territorial Army centre, Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, in the evening of 21 March; and if he will make a statement.

I understand from the Commissioner that as part of his contingency plans officers were held in reserve at this place on 21 March for use if there had been an outbreak of public disorder.