§ 52. Lieut.-Colonel Mooreasked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the criticism which has recently been directed by judicial authorities at the present methods adopted in police identification parades, he will issue instructions as to how such parades should be carried out, so as to secure that justice is not impeded?
§ Sir J. SimonThe police already have full instructions as to the methods which should be followed in holding identification parades, and I do not consider that the issue of any further general instructions in this matter is necessary. If my 1173 hon. and gallant Friend has in mind the comments made at the Sussex Assizes last month in regard to an individual case, I would refer him to the reply which I gave to a question by the hon. Member for the Stratford Division (Mr. Groves) on the 7th instant.