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Proceeding contribution from Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 September 2010. It occurred during Urgent question on Phone Tapping.


Phone Tapping

As I indicated earlier, such operational matters about whether to investigate particular individuals are for the police. We should jealously guard the operational independence of the police. I say to the hon. Lady, and to any other right hon. or hon. Members on the Labour Benches who think that I as Home Secretary should take it upon myself to tell members of the police force who they should or should not investigate, that that is a very slippery slope down which neither I nor this Government intend to go.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
515 c28 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Newspaper press Telephone tapping Criminal investigation Journalism Mobile phones Metropolitan Police Surveillance Telephones Coulson, Andy News of the World Goodman, Clive Mulcaire, Glenn
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk