HC Deb 10 April 2001 vol 366 c554W
Mr. Corbett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of the ACPO manual of guidance on police use of firearms which immediately preceded that issued in January. [157878]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The previous manual of guidance was, and must remain, confidential, because it contained numerous points of information which could have been valuable to criminals. The guidance has now been revised and has been placed in the Library, although some information must remain confidential for the reasons stated.