HC Deb 07 May 1981 vol 4 cc129-31W
7. Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he now has for reform of the police complaints procedure.

Mr. Whitelaw

As I said in reply to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Petersfield (Mr. Mates) on 18 March, in the light of the report of the working parry on the establishment of an independent element in the investigation of complaints against the police, and against the background of the general considerations mentioned in the Police Complaints Board's triennial review report, I shall be considering further, in consultation with the Police Advisory Board, what changes, if any, may be necessary in the present arrangements. I have at present nothing to add to that reply and the speech of my hon. and learned Friend the Minister of State, in reply to the hon. Member in an Adjournment debate on this subject last week.