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Broadwater Farm and the media

01 January 1991

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Broadwater Farm and the media

artdoc May=1991

House of Commons written answer 11.12.89 cols 475-6



Mr. Bernie Grant: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home

Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police for

the Metropolis as to why no black or minority ethnic press or media were

represented in the media group that accompanied the police on the raid on

Broadwater Farm on 29 September; what plans the police have for inviting

the non-white press and media to accompany them on such raids in future:

and if he will make a statement.



Mr. Peter Lloyd: The planning of such operations is a matter for the

commissioner and his senior colleagues. Invitations to the media are an

important part of the commissioner's policy of encouraging greater public

understanding of police operations, and are an example of the

accountability of the police to the public. Decisions on representation

on individual operations are taken in the light of circumstances and with

a view to effective coverage for all parts of the community.



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