§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received urging that police requests for media film should relate only to cases where they are pursuing a specific arrestable offence and not to gathering intelligence; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI have recently corresponded on this subject with representatives of the media. It is for the courts to decide whether a police application for access to journalistic material satisfies the criterion that it is likely to be of substantial value to the investigation of a serious arrestable offence.