Metropolitan Police Service Debate

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Department: Home Office

Metropolitan Police Service

Lord Mann Excerpts
Monday 18th July 2011

(12 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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The advice that the Mayor takes is a matter for him.

Lord Mann Portrait John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab)
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When did Mr Ed Llewellyn pass on the Guardian dossier to the Home Office?

Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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I am not aware that there was a Guardian dossier. There was information that was generally available to the public, as I understand it. There is an issue here about the role of the Home Office that Opposition Members sometimes fail to grasp. It is not the job of politicians to tell the police who to investigate or arrest. It would be a very sorry day for our police and our democracy if we ever went down that road.