§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement concerning the Government's policy in respect of a memorandum which has been submitted to him by the Law Society recommending that police prosecutions should be conducted by legally qualified advocates.
§ Mr. CarlisleRecommendations to that general effect were made as long ago as 1962 by the Royal Commission on the Police. They had the support of my right hon. Friend's predecessors, and have his; but it is for police authorities and chief constables to decide how far they should be adopted.
§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police prosecutions were conducted by police officers in magistrates' courts in England and Wales in each of the years 1969, 1970 and 1971.
§ Mr. CarlisleI regret that the information is not readily available.