§ Mr. BECKETTasked the Home Secretary how many cases have occurred during the past 12 months where members of the Metropolitan Police Force have given unsupported evidence against a member of the public which has been set aside by the Magistrate; and how many of these cases occurred in the C (Bow Street) division?
§ Mr. SHORTInstances may not infrequently occur where a case which rests on police evidence is dismissed, but, in the absence of specific adverse comment on the Magistrate's part, its dismissal implies no reflection on the evidence of the police officer or officers concerned. My636W right hon. Friend regrets therefore he is not in a position to give figures in reply to the question as it stands, but if the hon. Member can inform him more precisely as to the cases he has in mind, my right hon. Friend would be glad to make further inquiry with regard to them.