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Bribery Bill [HL]

I have given the example. Regarding information, which might be information about a crime on the part of the employer, if the employee gives information about an investigation of some other company or other person, it might be that the employer took the view that he did not want his employee to breach the position of trust that the employee was in vis-à-vis him. If that was so, why should it be any different from the position of the intelligence agencies, who might find themselves in the same position? I do not think it is enough for the noble Lord to say that this has gone on for hundreds of years and it therefore is completely impossible for there to be any allegation of bribery made against a police officer in certain circumstances.