§ 24. Mr. McKEAGasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been drawn to the comments of Mr. Justice McCardie, at the recent Sussex Assizes, as to the restrictions placed by chief constables on the issue to interested parties of police reports of road accidents; and whether, in view of the dissatisfaction prevailing with the present system, he will have the same reviewed?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir John Gilmour)I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave yesterday to a question by the hon. Member for Plaistow (Mr. Thorne), to which I am not at present in a position to add anything.
Mr. Mc KEAGIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that many members of the legal profession, who are the real watchdogs of the public, are very apprehensive lest the method of using these reports may lead to an unwarrantable interference by the police in the administration of justice in the civil courts?
§ Sir J. GILMOURI cannot add anything to the answer.