§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Attorney-General if it is the general rule that a convicted person who gave testimony in his own defence which was disbelieved and did not, therefore, lead to a miscarriage of justice, should not be prosecuted for perjury.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThere is no general rule except, as I informed the hon. Member on 14th May, that in advising whether or not proceedings for perjury should be instituted the Director of Public Prosecutions applies the same broad criteria as for any other alleged criminal offence, namely, whether the 91W evidence is sufficient to justify a prosecution and whether proceedings are required in the public interest.—[Vol. 856, c.264.]