§ Mr. George Gardinerasked 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 ReesPermission 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
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