§ Mr. REMERasked the Home Secretary by what authority the services of the police are used by the King's Proctor; and if he will take steps to see that police inquiries are not made in civil actions?
Mr. STANLEYI think that my hon. Friend is under some misapprehension. I understand that from time to time the King's Proctor asks the police to supply him with information which he has656W reason to believe is already in their possession, and may be of assistance to him in the discharge of his public duties. I am informed, however, that such a request is invariably accompanied by an intimation that the King's Proctor does not wish the police to make inquiries on his behalf. Such inquiries would be outside the scope of police duties and are not in fact made.