§ Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has received the selection of confidential police documents which emanated from Putney Police Station and were found at Burgh Heath, sent to him by the hon. Member for Wandsworth, Putney; and what steps he is taking to ensure that in future adequate supervision is carried out by police officers of the destruction of confidential material, having regard to the large amount of such material which has been distributed.
§ Mr. MaudlingI have received the documents. The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis regrets that there was a failure to comply with his standing instructions for the disposal of confidential documents. He assures me that this was an isolated incident and that he has given directions which should prevent a recurrence.