§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Attorney-General what criteria the Director of Public Prosecutions uses, when suggesting lines of inquiry to the police, to determine the desirability of searches of particular premises belonging to individuals or organisations; and if he will make a statement.
The Solicitor-GeneralThe advice given to the police by the Director of Public Prosecutions will be such as seems to him, upon the relevant facts known to him at the time, to be desirable for the purposes of the relevant police investigation.