§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what grounds the Metropolitan Police Committee meets in private; and if he will make a statement. [35183]
§ Mr. MacleanI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Mrs. Roche) on 3 July,Official Report, column 26. Policy advice to Ministers is confidential.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list all the members of the Metropolitan Police Committee; how they were chose; and what were their attributes and qualifications for being appointed to the committee; [35054]
(2) if he will make public (a) all the recommendations of the Metropolitan Police Committee and (b) whether they have been accepted or rejected. [35055]
§ Mr. MacleanI refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 9 February to my hon. Friend the Member for East Hampshire (Mr. Mates),Official Report, columns 382–83; to the answer I gave on 20 February to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Mrs. Roche), Official Report, column 19; and to the answer I gave on 3 July to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green, Official Report, column 26.