HC Deb 13 March 1992 vol 205 c745W
Mr. Burt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Lancashire on the steps the police are now taking to re-open investigations arising from inquiries made by the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Mr. Trippier) in 1987 relating to alleged abuse by Mr. Michael Finn while he was a teacher at a primary school in Rossendale.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

No. The investigation of criminal offences is an operational matter for chief officers of police.