HC Deb 16 February 1978 vol 944 c291W
Mr. George Gardiner

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he refused West Yorkshire Police permission to offer a reward of £10,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man believed to have murdered seven women and whether he will consider more favourably suggestions of this kind in such exceptional circumstances.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Permission was not refused. The West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police sought the views of my officials informally and were told that for many years successive Home Secretaries had, in the light of the advice of chief officers of police, taken the view that the offer of rewards was not an effective measure, but that I would nevertheless consider a

Year Summer Time Act 1972 EEC Draft Proposals
1979 18th March-28th October 1st April-14th October
1980 16th March-26th October 30th March-12th October
1981 22nd March-25th October 5th April-11th October

Parliament would need to be consulted before our present periods could be altered.

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