§ MR. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM (Lanark, N.W.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he is aware that the original organ of the Criminal Investigation Department (The Police Gazette) appears to be sometimes used as a means of depriving the relations of those who have been convicted of offences of employment by referring to them by name; and, if he will order this practice to be discontinued?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)I have made inquiry, and the Commissioner of Police informs me that he is not aware that such use is ever made of The Police Gazette as the Question assumes. Were any instance of its being used in such a manner brought to his notice he would order a strict investigation. The Gazette is a confidential document, intended for circulation exclusively among the police; and its purpose is not to give information concerning convicted offenders or their relations, but to furnish such information respecting fugitives from justice as will lead to their apprehension.