§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he set up the steering committee to consider the feasibility of an experiment in the tape recording of police interrogations; how many meetings it has had; and whether he will name the members of that committee.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsNominations to the steering committee had all been received by the end of last October. The process of appointing the committee was completed in January this year, and the first meeting will take place shortly. The membership of the committee is as follows:
- Mr. A. D. Gordon-Brown (Chairman), Home Office.
- Mr. J. Marriage, QC, Bar Council.
- Mr. J. D. Clarke, Law Society.
- Mr. D. H. Kidner, Clerk to the Justices, Coventry, Justices' Clerks' Society.
- Mr. W. J. Richards, CBE, QPM, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, Association of Chief Police Officers.
- Mr. C. H. Cooksley, CBE, QPM, DL, Chief Constable of Northumbria, Association of Chief Police Officers.
- Mr. C. P. J. Woods, CBE, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, Association of Chief Police Officers.
162 - Mr. F. J. McLaren, Chief Probation Officer, Northumbria.
- Mr. K. Dowling, Department of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
- Mr. C. Jones, Lord Chancellor's Office.
- Miss E. M. Chadwell, Home Office.
- Mr. D. J. Belfall (Secretary), Home Office.