§ 66. Sir M. Galpernasked the Secretary of State for Scotland which police forces engage in the practice of telephoning motorists about parking offences requesting them to report to a police station to be booked for an alleged offence; and, as it is the function of the police to prove any case against a motorist by the corroborated evidence of two police officers, if he will take steps to enable him to issue instructions for the practice to cease forthwith.
§ Mr. RossFollowing Press reports I have looked into this matter. I understand that it is the practice in many forces, when the police have occasion to make inquiries by telephone, to invite the person concerned to call at a police station instead of being interviewed at home or at work. This procedure, about which I have received no complaints, does not appear to have been accurately reported in the Press. I find nothing improper in it and I do not propose to intervene.