Metropolitan Police Service Debate

Full Debate: Read Full Debate
Department: Home Office

Metropolitan Police Service

Helen Goodman Excerpts
Monday 18th July 2011

(12 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
Read Full debate Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
- Hansard - - - Excerpts

I say what I said earlier about the difference between the Government and the Metropolitan police. The Metropolitan police were in the process of investigating —or had been investigating—the News of the World for alleged wrongdoing. It is right, therefore, that we should look at drawing a line between the investigators and the investigated.

Helen Goodman Portrait Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab)
- Hansard - -

There seems to have been an exchange of staff between the Metropolitan police and News International. Last week, I asked the Minister of State, Cabinet Office whether former police officers were subject to the rules of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. He has written to me saying that he does not know. Can the Home Secretary say what the current rules are and whether Mr Hayman followed them?