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Written Question
Fireworks: Crime
Monday 16th September 2024

Asked by: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have had any discussions with the Metropolitan Police regarding reports that they are not investigating the illegal ignition of fireworks on bridges over the River Thames in central London on Wednesday 7 August, one of which landed in the Globe Theatre.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The choice of whether to open an investigation is a decision for the police, who are operationally independent from Government. Home Office Ministers and officials have no power to direct or control the operational activities of the police.