§ Ms. MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he intends to seek to extend the Police and Criminal Evidence Act to Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Tom King[holding answer 15 December 1988]: A proposal for a draft Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order was published on 20 July 1988, and distributed widely to political parties both here and in Northern Ireland and to a number of other interested groups and individuals.
We are presently assessing all the responses that we have received. After considering these, we intend to finalise the contents of the order and lay it before Parliament early in the new year.