Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from
Sir Patrick Cormack MP
Thank you for your e-mail of 7 September.
I have two points to make. First of all, I very much
hope the new Committee will look most carefully at the Report
and recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Privilege,
on which I sat over a decade ago.
Secondly, and on the specific issue of police
searches, I strongly believe that the search of a Member's office
should be only be allowed on production of a warrant signed by
both the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and the Speaker
of the House of Commons.
23 September 2009
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