HC Deb 12 December 1997 vol 302 c696W
Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the media representatives who were invited by Sussex Police to be present at the raid on the rectory at Donhead St. Andrew on 21 November; and if he will make a statement. [20538]

Mr. Michael

I am told by the forces concerned that neither the Wiltshire Constabulary, which carried out the search at Donhead St. Andrews, nor the Sussex Police, invited any media representatives to attend.

Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when Sussex Police requested Wiltshire Constabulary to raid the rectory at Donhead St. Andrew on 21 November; and if he will make a statement. [20537]

Mr. Michael

I am told by the forces concerned that this operation was part of an inquiry involving a number of forces in which the Wiltshire Constabulary was requested to participate by the Sussex Police, but the decision to conduct the search at the rectory rested with the Wiltshire Constabulary.