§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to obtain copies of all past and future reports of the Police Complaints Authority, with a view to placing them in the Library.
§ Mr. Giles ShawMy right hon. Friend is required by section 97 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to lay before Parliament the Police Complaints Authority's annual reports and any special reports the authority may make on matters arising out of the exercise of its responsibilities. The chairman of the authority has, in addition, agreed to provide him with a copy of any statement it might publish summarising the results of the investigation of a particular case, so that a copy may be placed in the Library. Only one such summary has so far been published. It was concerned with the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs Cynthia Jarrett on 5 October 1985. A copy is now in the Library.