§ Mr. Norman Lamontasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will propose that the police should not hold identity parades relating to a crime before an individual has been charged and when that inividual has consequently received widespread pictorial publicity in the Press.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsNo. But the matter is one within the terms of reference of the Committee on Identification Procedures of which Lord Devlin is Chairman.
§ Mr. Norman Lamontasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is a normal practice for the police to hold an identity parade, relating to a crime, after someone has already been charged with that crime.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI understand that it is more usual to hold an identification parade before a formal charge is made, but not uncommon for one to be held afterwards.