§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines exist for the use by police of informants in relation to their pursuit of fighting large-scale drug traffic.
§ Mr. Charles WardleGeneral guidelines about the use of informants by the police are set out in Home Office circulars Nos. 97/1969 and 9/1992, copies of which are available in the Library. These circulars deal with the police use of informants to investigate all crime and not specifically drug-related crime.