HC Deb 18 May 1988 vol 133 cc462-3W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis as to why no response has been received by Mr. Roc Sandford or his solicitors to a complaint addressed to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on 27 February 1986 alleging criminal activities on the part of police officers at West End Central police station.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

I understand that the letter of 27 February 1986 from Mr. Sandford's solicitors was handled as a letter before action in civil litigation. Its contents have been dealt with in subsequent communication between the Metropolitan police solicitor and Mr. Sandford's legal advisers.

Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make public the reports of the two internal police complaints bureau investigations in to the circumstances of the arrest and prosecution of Mr. Roc Sandford.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

No. It is not the practice to publish reports of this kind.