§ Mr. Fairbairnasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will propose an inquiry under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921 into the circumstances in which Mr. Ronald Gregory, as chief constable of west Yorkshire, used the services, time and information of officers in his force in the preparation of his published disclosures in the case of Sutcliffe and the circumstances in which he accepted an offer of £36,000 for such disclosures while still chief constable of west Yorkshire.
§ Mr. BrittanNo. I do not consider such allegations an appropriate matter for an inquiry under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921.