§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Attorney-General what guidance the Director of Public Prosecutions gave to the City of London police on their inquiry into contacts between the two principal Crown witnesses at the recent appeal hearing relating to the Birmingham pub bombings trial.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe Director of Public Prosecutions passed to the City of London police the information that he had received. In all cases in which the director requests police inquiries it is for the police themselves to determine how those inquiries are conducted.
On occasion, advice is offered to assist the police in their investigation. It is not the practice of either the director or myself to disclose whether any advice has been offered, and, if so, in what terms, in any particular case.