§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library details of any guidelines which he has issued concerning contact between senior police officers and the press.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggApart from guidance in December 1982 on the implications of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 my right hon. Friend has issued no guidelines on this subject to the police. It is an offence under the police discipline code for any police officer, without proper authority, to communicate to any person any information which he has in his possession as a member of a police force.