HC Deb 01 July 1977 vol 934 c372W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will take action to ensure that when the police arrest Press photographers, if they consider the law has been broken, they take care not to damage the Press photographer's camera and destroy the films of any incident which may have been recorded.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

I have no reason to believe that the police behave improperly in these matters. If, however, anyone wishes to complain about a particular incident the proper procedure is to make the complaint to the appropriate chief officer of police, who is responsible for recording and investigating complaints against members of his force.