Clause 18 - Provision of information to Board
Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Mr John Taylor (Solihull, Conservative)
The right hon. Gentleman has rehearsed with total fidelity the three circumstances in which the Bill would allow the Chief Constable to seek refuge from the need to provide a report. What is his view of the restoration of the fourth circumstance—that the disclosure of information would
''prejudice the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders''?