§ Mr. WinnickTo ask the Attorney-General, pursuant to his answer of 10 June,Official Report, column 334,(1) how many Ministers were among those who made representations to him over Polly Peck prosecution;
(2) what action he took regarding the (a) written representations and (b) oral representations over the Polly Peck prosecution; if he advised those making oral representation to put those representations to him in writing; and in how many cases was this done;
(3) how many representations he has received from right hon. and hon. Members in the past two years over prosecutions relating to fraud where no court proceedings had yet taken place, excluding representations connected with the Polly Peck and Maxwell cases.
§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Attorney-General, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Walsall, North (Mr. Winnick) on 10 June,Official Report, column 334, on Asil Nadir, how many of the representations received were (a) from Ministers and (b) from other hon. Members; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI receive many representations from hon. Members of all parties, both written and oral, about matters within my ministerial responsibility which they believe raise points either of general concern or of concern to particular constituents. Statistics are not maintained for either the overall number of such representations or the particular class mentioned by the hon. Members.
In some cases where the representations are informal or insufficiently precise, I may invite the hon. Member to write to me.
Whenever the representations are sufficiently formal and particularised I consider the points raised carefully and dispassionately, causing inquiries to be made as necessary, before responding to the hon. Member.
I do not intend to expand on my answer to the hon. Member for Walsall, North of 10 June, Official Report, column 334; about representations made about the case of Mr. Nadir.