§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department has submitted evidence to the Royal Commission on criminal procedure on section 62 of the Criminal Law Act, in particular on the point covered by the letter dated 19 February addressed to the Minister of State by the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury.
§ Mr. WhitelawSection 62 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 is discussed in paragraphs 37–41 of memorandum No. IV of the Home Office evidence to the Royal Commission on criminal procedure copies of which are in the Library. The particular point raised by the hon. Member in his letter of 19 February 259W about whether an arrested person is entitled to have a fresh intimation of his arrest and of the place where he is being held sent to a reasonably named person if he is moved from one police station to another is not referred to in the published Home Office evidence. But, as the hon. Member has already been assured, the Government will bear it in mind in considering any recommendations which the Royal Commission may make concerning the rights of suspects in police custody.