HC Deb 18 January 2001 vol 361 c357W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what powers he has to prevent members of police armed response units being identified in legal proceedings. [145358]

Mr. Charles Clarke

There are no such powers for the Secretary of State. In any legal proceedings it would be for the court to consider whether any person should be granted anonymity. In an inquest that would be a matter for the Coroner.