HC Deb 26 June 1986 vol 100 c271W
13. Mr. Garrett

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to bring the Metropolitan police under the scrutiny of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.

Mr. Hurd

No. There is increasingly close liaison between the inspectorate and the Metropolitan Police force inspectorate, and I am keen that this should develop further. The necessarily direct relationship between me as police authority for the Metropolis and the Commissioner would be weakened if the force were inspected by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in the same manner as provincial forces.