§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis proposes to take in the light of the case of Wilson and Farbridge and the Metropolitan Police.
§ Mr. Giles ShawA complaint was made by Miss Farbridge in 1982 which was investigated and referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions, who was satisfied that there was insufficient evidence to justify criminal proceedings. The papers were then referred to the Police Complaints Board, as it then was, under the procedures established by the Police Act 1976. The board decided to defer consideration until after the civil proceedings had been completed. The commissioner is reporting the outcome of the civil action to the Police Complaints Authority, as successor to the board, which will decide what action should now be taken in the light of the court's decision.