HC Deb 14 July 1983 vol 45 c403W
37. Mr. Winnick

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider measures to prevent senior policemen who have recently retired from writing in the media about cases which were the subject of police inquiries in their force.

42. Mr. Batiste

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to seek changes in the terms of employment of senior police officers concerning confidentiality of information obtained by them in the course of their work.

43. Mr. Straw

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to regulate the publication of memoirs by chief officers of police.

Mr. Brittan

I refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave today to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Thanet, South (Mr. Aitken).