Telephone Conversations (Interception)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Police – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 6 June 1957.

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Photo of Mr Kenneth Younger Mr Kenneth Younger , Grimsby 12:00, 6 June 1957

Would the Home Secretary not agree that it is, to say the least, extremely unusual for the product of police inquiries, whether by this method or any other, to be made available to persons other than prosecuting authorities? Is not this a principle of general application, and can the right hon. Gentleman be much more precise than he has been as to the circumstances in which he is apparently prepared personally to authorise the transmission and use of police information to unofficial bodies?