§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he will inquire into the activities of the Scotland Yard Press and Information Department in connection with the arrest in the early hours of Saturday 29th February 1976 of 12 senior Metropolitan Police officers on corruption charges in relation to the pornographic trade in London's West End;
(2) whether he will conduct an investigation into who in the Metropolitan Police informed photographers representing national daily newspapers and photographic agencies of the arrest of 12 senior Metropolitan Police officers in the early hours of Saturday 29th February 1976 676W on corruption charges in relation to the pornography trade in London's West End.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsNo; but the Commissioner assures me that no information about these arrests was given to the Press by the Metropolitan Police Press Bureau until after the arrests had been made.