§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any reference is made in the Metropolitan Police Force Rules to the Judges' Rules.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsYes; they are set out in full in the Metropolitan Police General Orders.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the first sentence of the second paragraph of the prefatory note to the Judges' Rules enclosed as Appendix A to Home Office Circular 31 of 1964, he will advise chief constables as to whether the Judges' Rules apply to persons taken to and questioned in police stations but not subsequently brought to trial.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsNo; the Judges' Rules are applied to all persons taken to and questioned in police stations, whether or not they are themselves likely subsequently to be charged and brought to trial.
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§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to cover the matters now dealt with only in the Judges' Rules.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to a Question from my hon. Friend the member for Stockport, North (Mr. Bennett) on 12th February.—[Vol. 905, c.279–280.]
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will invite all chiefs of police to report to him steps taken by them to ensure the application of the Judges' Rules in the police stations in their jurisdiction.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsNo; but I have asked Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary to pay particular attention to the observance of the Judges' Rules in the course of their inspections.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the administrative directions appended to the Judges' Rules are made on his authority or with that of Judges of the Queen's Bench.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe administrative directions were drawn up by my Department with the approval of the judges.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will ask the Judges of the Queen's Bench to issue an addendum to the Judges' Rules clarifying the difference of meaning to be inferred from the different language employed in Principle (c) and Administrative Direction 7(a) regarding refusal of access to a solicitor.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State gave to his Question on 12th February.—[Vol. 905. c.286–7.]