§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on the steps taken to reflect in the Metropolitan police general orders the guidelines set out by the Minister of State on the use of agents provocateurs,Official Report, 14 May 1984, columns 85–87; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter LloydNo. Instructions contained in the current edition of the Metropolitan police force instruction manual reflect the Home Office guidance to which the then Minister of State referred during the debate on the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill on 14 May 1984. I am advised by the Metropolitan police that a senior police officer has been tasked with looking at all force instructions relating to police operations to detect possible offences of indency to assess whether clearer guidance is required.