§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the statement by the Director of Public Prosecutions on 6 August in which he called for any judicial inquiry into corruption in the Metropolitan Police to encompass the way that his Department handled the results of the Countryman inquiry and xsaid that he would welcome a judge with a judicial inquiry committee to go through his files and confidential papers, whether he will implement such an inquiry.
§ Mr. Whitelaw:I hope to be able to make known my conclusion on this matter shortly.