HC Deb 25 April 1968 vol 763 cc71-2W
65. Mr. Roebuck

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what instructions and advice are given to officers of the Metropolitan police regarding the steps to be taken to inform parents when juveniles are detained upon suspicion of having committed offences.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

Standing instructions are that parents should be informed as soon as practicable.

66. Mr. Roebuck

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why parents are not allowed to communicate in private with their infants detained at Edgware Police Station upon suspicion of having committed offences.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

There is no such prohibition.