HC Deb 13 April 1978 vol 947 c482W
Mr. Corbett

asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will issue a general direction to the Post Office forbidding it from releasing to the police or any other body the original printed tape recording made from a meter check printer attached to a subscriber's telephone without his consent.

Mr. Les Huckfield

No. I understand that it is the Post Office's policy not to release the original printed record from a meter check printer to the police or any other body, except to a court of law when required by the court to do so.