HL Deb 21 July 1983 vol 443 cc1356-7WA
Lord Avebury

asked her Majesty's Government:

Why they refuse access to journalists to police cells where remand prisoners are held.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Elton)

Access by journalists to police cells in the Metropolitan Police District is a matter for the commissioner, but I understand that arrangements for a visit are in hand.