§ 45 and 46. Mr. Liptonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will state the precise hour, date and place where Miss Marilyn Rice-Davies was taken into custody; the precise hour, date and place where she was allowed bail under Section38(2) of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1952; the amount of such bail; and whether additional sureties were required;
(2) how many police officers, and of what rank, were present when Miss Rice-Davies entered into the required recognizance; whether anyone else was present at the time; and at what precise hour and date the authorities at Scotland Yard issued their statement that Miss Rice-Davies had been taken into custody.
§ Mr. BrookeAt 11 p.m. on Sunday, 16th June, 1963, at London Airport. She was bailed under Section 38(2) of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1952, at 12.15 a.m. on Monday, 17th June, 1963, at Marylebone Lane Police Station in her own recognizance of £1,000. No additional sureties were required.
A chief inspector and a detective sergeant were present when Miss Rice-Davies entered into the required recognizance. No one else was present. In the course of a Press notice issued at 12.35 a.m. on 18th June, 1963, it was stated that Miss Rice-Davies had been asked to go to Marylebone Lane Police Station in connection with the investigation of an allegation that an offence had been committed.