Edward Heath
(asked on 1st March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 1 March, whether they have the power to set up a judge-led review of the report of the Chief Constable of Wiltshire into the allegations against Sir Edward Heath.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Operation Conifer report is an operational matter for the local police force. It is a vital principle at the heart of British policing that police carry out their duties free of political interference.
It is for the locally elected Police and Crime Commissioner to decide how best to hold his force to account. The Police and Crime Commissioner has the power to commission a review if he considers it appropriate.