Written evidence to be reported to the House
Counter-Terrorism Bill
4:00 pm
David Heath (Somerton and Frome, Liberal Democrat)
This is a general question, and will have a bearing on what we discuss later in terms of pre-charge detention. Again in the evidence from the police this morning, Mr. Quick, who gave evidence on behalf of ACPO, gave the impression—I do not want to put words into his mouth—that he felt that the prosecuting authorities were involved only at a late stage in the investigation process, and might not be aware of the complexities that the investigating officers had to face in trying to produce sufficient evidence to put before a court. Do you, as prosecutors involved from the early stages, share that characterisation?