House of Commons Home Affairs Committee

Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations

Fifth Report of Session 2014–15

Report, together with formal minutes relating to the report

Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 15 October 2014

HC 629 Published on 24 October 2014 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited £0.00

Home Affairs Committee

The Home Affairs Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the and its associated public bodies.

Current membership Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP (Labour, Leicester East) (Chair) Ian Austin MP (Labour, Dudley North) Nicola Blackwood MP (Conservative, Oxford West and Abingdon) James Clappison MP (Conservative, ) Michael Ellis MP (Conservative, Northampton North) Paul Flynn MP (Labour, Newport West) Lorraine Fullbrook MP (Conservative, South Ribble) Dr Julian Huppert MP (Liberal Democrat, Cambridge) Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour, Bolton South East) Mr David Winnick MP (Labour, Walsall North)

The following were also members of the Committee during the Parliament.

Rt Hon Alun Michael (Labour & Co-operative, Cardiff South and Penarth) Karl Turner MP (Labour, Kingston upon Hull East) Steve McCabe MP (Labour, Birmingham Selly Oak) Bridget Phillipson MP (Labour, Houghton and Sunderland South) Chris Ruane MP (Labour, Vale of Clwyd) Mark Reckless MP (Conservative, Rochester and Strood)

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Contents

Report Page Introduction 3 Evidence from South Police and the BBC 5 The BBC’s source 7 Police and the media 7

Formal Minutes 10

Witnesses 12

Published written evidence 14

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament 15

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Introduction

1. On 14 August 2014, officers from South Yorkshire Police, accompanied by officers from Thames Valley Police, executed a search warrant at the home of the singer Sir OBE, in Sunningdale, Berkshire. A BBC reporter and camera crew were present at the premises, having arrived before the police, and the BBC broadcast footage of officers entering and leaving the building, filmed by the camera crew on the ground and from a helicopter. During the course of this coverage, the BBC suggested that the police had given them advance notice of the search in order to maximise coverage of the case, in the hope that further witnesses might come forward. In a piece on the BBC News website, Danny Shaw, the BBC’s Home Affairs Correspondent, described his colleagues’ presence at Sir Cliff’s home as “highly unusual” and suggested that it appeared to be “a deliberate attempt by police to ensure maximum coverage”.1

2. Sir Cliff, who was on a summer holiday when the search took place, subsequently issued a statement in which he denied the allegations against him and complained that the police had given prior notice of the search to the media. Later the same day, South Yorkshire Police issued a statement which said

The force was contacted some weeks ago by a BBC reporter who made it clear he knew of the existence of an investigation. It was clear he [was] in a position to publish it. The force was reluctant to co-operate but felt that to do otherwise would risk losing any potential evidence, so in the interests of the investigation it was agreed that the reporter would be notified of the date of the house search in return for delaying publication of any of the facts.

Early the following morning, Jonathan Munro, the BBC’s Head of Newsgathering, confirmed publicly that South Yorkshire Police had not been the original source of the story.2

3. On 17 August, Chief Constable David Crompton QPM of South Yorkshire Police made a formal complaint to the BBC Director General about the suggestion in the BBC’s coverage that the Force had sought to maximise coverage of the investigation, and the misrepresentation of the broadcaster’s own role in the story. He said that Dan Johnson, a BBC journalist covering the North of , had approached the Force on 14 July and “clearly knew the detail of the planned investigation”. The Chief Constable said that the Force had only agreed to work with Mr Johnson to prevent the premature publication of details of the proposed search, to “protect[…] the integrity of the investigation”.3 Mr Crompton provided us with a bundle of contemporaneous material, including extracts

1 Sir Cliff Richard's Berkshire property searched by police, BBC News website, 14 August 2014 2 Tweet from @jonathancmunro at 7.58 am on 15 August 2014: “Lots of q's re original source of @BBCNews story on Cliff Richard. We won't say who, but can confirm it was not South Yorks Police”. 3 PME0010, Letter from David Crompton QPM to the Director General of the BBC dated 17 August 2014. See also Q 14.

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from the daybooks of staff, e-mails and text messages, although he pointed out that some of the relevant communication took place in unrecorded phone calls.4

4. Both South Yorkshire Police and the BBC agree that the BBC (and only the BBC) was notified in advance of the search of Sir Cliff’s property. They are in broad agreement about the sequence of events, from the first discussions between the BBC and the Force’s Media Department on 14 July to the search on 14 August. It is also common ground that the Force provided the BBC with an aerial photograph of the block where Sir Cliff’s flat was located in order to help them identify the premises. Where there is strong disagreement is over the nature of the discussions between Mr Johnson and the Force in his initial approaches to them. South Yorkshire Police maintain that Mr Johnson had detailed knowledge of the investigation, that he claimed his source was somebody within Operation Yewtree, and that he indicated that he intended to report these details at an early opportunity. A note in the daybook of Carrie Goodwin, Head of SYP Media Department, dated 17 July 2014 (but referring to a meeting on 15 July), reads

Knew detail of investigation – Got it from Yewtree […] Req comment! or to go on warrant – Declined both

Consider pre rec or notify of search date + location to prevent pub/broadcast. 5

Although the Chief Constable declined to use the word “blackmail” to describe the BBC’s behaviour, he told us that it put the Force in “a very difficult position”.6 However, Detective Superintendent Matt Fenwick, the Senior Investigating Officer in the case, recorded in his daybook on the day after the search, “we had only worked with him [Mr Johnson] because he had in effect blackmailed us into doing do”.7

5. The BBC, on the other hand, maintains that their reporter knew nothing other than the name of Sir Cliff Richard when he first approached the police, that he did not purport to have any more detailed information, and that the police then volunteered to set up a meeting between Mr Johnson and the senior investigating officer at which further details of the investigation were volunteered. The Director-General, Lord Hall, told us

We are saying that Dan Johnson went to South Yorkshire Police to discuss a number of stories. He said, “What about Cliff Richard?” or words to that effect—I obviously was not there—and at that point a meeting was arranged slightly later with whoever was responsible for carrying out the investigation when he was then briefed on the story […].8

4 PME0010 & Q 17 5 PME0010 6 Qq 5–6 7 PME0010 8 Q 125

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6. Lord Hall also assured us that, had South Yorkshire Police felt that the premature broadcast of the story could have damaged the investigation, the Chief Constable had only to approach a news editor or other senior figure, and the BBC “would not have run the story. I want you to be absolutely clear about that. We would not have run the story”.9

7. If South Yorkshire Police believed that the premature broadcasting of a story about the investigation could have prejudiced their enquiries, then they should have contacted more senior people at the BBC to explain the situation, rather than trying to cut a deal with an individual reporter. Given that the BBC had information about the investigation and the timing and location of the execution of the search warrant, which was freely provided to them by South Yorkshire Police, we see nothing wrong in their decision to run the story. It is unfortunate, however, that they allowed another of their correspondents to give a misleading impression of the circumstances under which the Corporation came by this information, downplaying the BBC’s role and suggesting that South Yorkshire Police were actively seeking publicity for the investigation.

Evidence from South Yorkshire Police and the BBC 8. We have summarised above the points of agreement and disagreement between the police and the BBC in this case. The following points are disputed: a) whether Dan Johnson indicated to South Yorkshire Police that he knew anything more than the fact that Sir Cliff Richard was under investigation for alleged child-sex offences; and b) whether Dan Johnson indicated to South Yorkshire Police that his source for this story was Operation Yewtree.

9. The near-contemporaneous records with which South Yorkshire Police have provided us, dating back to a few days after the initial contact in mid-July, appear to support their version of events, or at least the assertion that this was their understanding of the situation at the time. Notes made by Carrie Goodwin following a meeting with Mr Johnson on 15 July include “[Johnson] knew detail of investigation – Got it from Yewtree”, followed by information about the location and broad nature of the alleged offence. Notes made by Detective Superintendent Matt Fenwick, the Senior Investigating Officer in the case, following a meeting with Mr Johnson following the same meeting, record

[Dan Johnson] – Aware of CR allegations […]

– Knew everything – Confirmed police source – Yew Tree – refused to name.10

The notes also record further details of the allegation which it is suggested that Mr Johnson knew before he spoke to the Force. Det Supt Fenwick subsequently confirmed to us that

9 Q 124 10 PME0008

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Mr Johnson explicitly stated that he had obtained his knowledge of the investigation from Operation Yewtree.11

Carrie Goodwin also confirmed that, when Dan Johnson first contacted her, “he detailed a conversation he said he had with Operation Yewtree”.12

10. James Harding, Director of News and Current Affairs at the BBC, pointed out to us that these notes, which referred to a meeting on 15 July, were dated 17 July and were not therefore contemporaneous. He offered no further comment on their veracity. We invited Mr Johnson, the only BBC employee who was actually a party to these conversations, to comment on the material. We received a reply from Mr Harding saying that the BBC “would prefer contact through the management team rather than to individual journalists” and enclosing an e-mail to him from Mr Johnson in which Mr Johnson says

I did not say my source was Operation Yewtree. When I was asked where my information had come from, I refused to answer. As you will understand I am determined to protect my source and I would not have risked identification by entering into any discussion about who it was.13

11. Whereas South Yorkshire Police have been very forthcoming in supplying us with all the material we have sought from them, the BBC have chosen to hide their reporter behind his superiors, issuing equivocal denials on his behalf. It seems likely to us, on balance, that Mr Johnson did indeed indicate to South Yorkshire Police that he had detailed knowledge of the investigation, beyond the name of the suspect, and that, whether by act or omission, he gave them the clear impression that his source was Operation Yewtree.

12. The material supplied to us by South Yorkshire Police shows that the Force did not only give the BBC the date of the search, but they handed over a great deal of information freely. Over the course of dozens of telephone calls, e-mails and text exchanges, they provided the BBC with an aerial photograph of the block in which Sir Cliff’s flat was located to help them identify it.14 The BBC arranged for a helicopter to be on the scene, to film officers entering and leaving the building, as well as some shots taken through the windows of officers in the apartment. The Force’s Media Department also texted Dan Johnson at 10.20am on the day of the raid to notify him that officers were going in, to which Mr Johnson replied “Give me a shout before they take anything out, so we can get the chopper in place for a shot”. Witnesses from the BBC told us that the helicopter was operated by a freelance company on a retainer from the BBC and ITN; there was no marginal cost to the BBC associated with its use on the day.15 It is clear that South Yorkshire Police’s exchanges with the BBC went far beyond confirming the date of the

11 PME0013 12 PME0014 13 PME0011 14 Qq 131–133 15 Qq 136–138

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search of Sir Cliff’s home. The Force played an active part in providing the BBC with detailed information which would allow it to secure exclusive coverage of the search.

The BBC’s source

13. As we have already noted, the Police records show that both the Media Department and the Senior Investigating Office believed from their initial contact with Mr Johnson that his source for the story was somebody connected to Operation Yewtree. The Chief Constable confirmed that it was Operation Yewtree who had referred the investigation to South Yorkshire Police and that the approach from Mr Johnson came less than two weeks after that referral.16 This episode clearly points to a leak from within Operation Yewtree and it is therefore surprising that Chief Constable Crompton did not seek to contact the Metropolitan Police soon after the approach from Mr Johnson to alert them to the possible leak and invite them to investigate.

Police and the media 14. The relationship between police and the media, when it is conducted properly, can be mutually beneficial: the provision by police of crime stories to the media contributes to an improved public understanding and awareness of crime, and the media provide a platform for the police to appeal to the public for information to assist them with their enquiries. However, some aspects of the relationship can give rise to concerns. In 2009, our predecessor Committee published a Report on Police and the Media.17 The Report concluded: a) That the practice of giving off-the-record briefings, although there can be limited circumstances in which it is in the public interest, was used too frequently. Forces should exercise particular caution when identifying suspects to the media, a practice which had the potential to prejudice any subsequent trial.18 b) That it was often difficult for forces to identify individuals who were the sources of leaks to the media, some of whom might have been acting for financial gain, and that it was important therefore to effect a cultural change by frequently reminding officers of the harm that might arise from leaking information.19 c) Forces should be more forthcoming in providing on-the-record information to journalists about individual crimes.20

15. It has been argued that publicising ongoing investigations into certain types of offences is an effective way of encouraging new victims or witnesses to come forward. The BBC programme, Crimewatch, has provided a dedicated platform for police forces to do so for

16 Q 34 17 Home Affairs Committee, Police and the Media, Second Report of Session 2008–09, HC 75 18 Ibid pp 4–8 19 Ibid pp. 9–10 20 Ibid pp 11–13

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over three decades. The joint Metropolitan Police and NSPCC report into allegations of sexual abuse made against Jimmy Savile under Operation Yewtree, Giving Victims a Voice, described how hundreds of victims came forward after they heard about the allegations against Savile in the media. Many of them had remained silent for decades for fear that they would not be believed. This included not only victims of Savile himself, but other victims of sexual assaults who were emboldened to come forward by the publicity surrounding the Operation.21

16. However, the publication of the names of suspects needs to be balanced against the need to avoid prejudicing any future trial, as well as the need to avoid causing potentially catastrophic reputational damage to an individual who is entitled in law to the presumption of innocence. Many police investigations do not result in a conviction or even a charge and to label somebody publicly as a suspected sex offender can have devastating consequences.

17. It would have been open to South Yorkshire Police to decide to publicise the name of the subject of this investigation had they chosen to do so for operational reasons. However, the naming of suspects (or the confirming of a name when it is put to a force) when there is no operational need to do so is wrong.

18. The conversations between Dan Johnson and South Yorkshire Police led eventually to high-profile television coverage of allegations against a well-known public figure. The potential damage to the individuals under investigation means that the police should not give the media advance notice of arrests, the execution of search warrants, and other aspects of investigations of high-profile individuals, except, as we have already noted, where it is justified on operational grounds. South Yorkshire Police have told us that they did not want to publicise their investigation, but offered the BBC information about the search warrant as part of a compromise in which the BBC did not broadcast prematurely the information its reporter had. Senior BBC executives told us that the Chief Constable had only to pick up the phone and they would not have broadcast the story, a sensible editorial policy which should reduce the scope for conflict between legitimate journalistic activity and law enforcement, and which we are happy to endorse and publicise here. We hope that this episode will provide a useful case-study for police forces when considering their dealings with the media.

19. We are disappointed by South Yorkshire Police’s inept handling of this situation. Whereas it is clear that the Force felt from the outset that it had to cooperate with the BBC in order to avoid jeopardising the investigation, its cooperation went far beyond notifying the BBC of the date, the Force failed to go to senior managers at the BBC to explain the risks inherent in premature broadcasting of the story, and it failed to alert the Metropolitan Police to the possibility of a leak from within Operation Yewtree.

20. It is clear that Sir Cliff Richard has personally suffered enormous, irreparable damage to his reputation, though he has been neither arrested nor charged with any

21 Giving Victims a Voice, joint report into sexual allegations made against Jimmy Savile (MPS & NSPCC, January 2013)

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offence. We have seen recently in the press that Sir Cliff has considered selling his home, which he only bought in 2008, because of the way the operation was carried out, and we can understand his feelings. No citizen should have to watch on live television their home being raided in this way.

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Conclusions and Recommendations

1. If South Yorkshire Police believed that the premature broadcasting of a story about the investigation could have prejudiced their enquiries, then they should have contacted more senior people at the BBC to explain the situation, rather than trying to cut a deal with an individual reporter. Given that the BBC had information about the investigation and the timing and location of the execution of the search warrant, which was freely provided to them by South Yorkshire Police, we see nothing wrong in their decision to run the story. It is unfortunate, however, that they allowed another of their correspondents to give a misleading impression of the circumstances under which the Corporation came by this information, downplaying the BBC’s role and suggesting that South Yorkshire Police were actively seeking publicity for the investigation. (Paragraph 7)

2. Whereas South Yorkshire Police have been very forthcoming in supplying us with all the material we have sought from them, the BBC have chosen to hide their reporter behind his superiors, issuing equivocal denials on his behalf. It seems likely to us, on balance, that Mr Johnson did indeed indicate to South Yorkshire Police that he had detailed knowledge of the investigation, beyond the name of the suspect, and that, whether by act or omission, he gave them the clear impression that his source was Operation Yewtree. (Paragraph 11)

3. It is clear that South Yorkshire Police’s exchanges with the BBC went far beyond confirming the date of the search of Sir Cliff’s home. The Force played an active part in providing the BBC with detailed information which would allow it to secure exclusive coverage of the search. (Paragraph 12)

4. This episode clearly points to a leak from within Operation Yewtree and it is therefore surprising that Chief Constable Crompton did not seek to contact the Metropolitan Police soon after the approach from Mr Johnson to alert them to the possible leak and invite them to investigate. (Paragraph 13)

5. It would have been open to South Yorkshire Police to decide to publicise the name of the subject of this investigation had they chosen to do so for operational reasons. However, the naming of suspects (or the confirming of a name when it is put to a force) when there is no operational need to do so is wrong. (Paragraph 17)

6. The conversations between Dan Johnson and South Yorkshire Police led eventually to high-profile television coverage of allegations against a well-known public figure. The potential damage to the individuals under investigation means that the police should not give the media advance notice of arrests, the execution of search warrants, and other aspects of investigations of high-profile individuals, except, as we have already noted, where it is justified on operational grounds. South Yorkshire Police have told us that they did not want to publicise their investigation, but offered the BBC information about the search warrant as part of a compromise in which the BBC did not broadcast prematurely the information its reporter had. Senior BBC executives told us that the Chief Constable had only to pick up the phone and they would not have broadcast the story, a sensible editorial policy which should reduce

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the scope for conflict between legitimate journalistic activity and law enforcement, and which we are happy to endorse and publicise here. We hope that this episode will provide a useful case-study for police forces when considering their dealings with the media. (Paragraph 18)

7. We are disappointed by South Yorkshire Police’s inept handling of this situation. Whereas it is clear that the Force felt from the outset that it had to cooperate with the BBC in order to avoid jeopardising the investigation, its cooperation went far beyond notifying the BBC of the date, the Force failed to go to senior managers at the BBC to explain the risks inherent in premature broadcasting of the story, and it failed to alert the Metropolitan Police to the possibility of a leak from within Operation Yewtree. (Paragraph 19)

8. It is clear that Sir Cliff Richard has personally suffered enormous, irreparable damage to his reputation, though he has been neither arrested nor charged with any offence. We have seen recently in the press that Sir Cliff has considered selling his home, which he only bought in 2008, because of the way the operation was carried out, and we can understand his feelings. No citizen should have to watch on live television their home being raided in this way. (Paragraph 20)

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Formal Minutes

Wednesday 15 October 2014

Members present:

Keith Vaz, in the Chair

Mr James Clappison Dr Julian Huppert Michael Ellis Mr David Winnick Lorraine Fullbrook

Draft Report (Police, the media, and high-profile criminal investigations), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1 to 20 read and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 134.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 October at 2.30 pm

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Witnesses

The following witnesses gave evidence. Transcripts can be viewed on the Committee’s inquiry page at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons- select/home-affairs-committee/inquiries/parliament-2010/police-and-the-media/.

Tuesday 2 September 2014 Question number

Chief Constable David Crompton QPM, South Yorkshire Police Q 1-123

Lord Hall of Birkenhead, Director General, James Harding, Director of News and Current Affairs, and Jonathan Munro, Head of Newsgathering, BBC Q 124-173

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Published written evidence

The following written evidence was received and can be viewed on the Committee’s inquiry web page at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a- z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/inquiries/parliament-2010/police-and-the- media/. INQ numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and so may not be complete.

1 Shaun Wright, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PME0001) 2 Lord Tony Hall, Director General, BBC (PME0002) 3 Chief Constable David Crompton QPM, South Yorkshire Police (PME0003) 4 James Harding, Director of News and Current Affairs, BBC (PME0004) 5 Martin Hewitt, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police (PME0005) 6 Gideon Benaim on behalf of Sir Cliff Richard (PME0006) 7 Martin Hewitt, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police (PME0007) 8 Chief Constable David Crompton QPM, South Yorkshire Police (PME0008) 9 Chief Constable David Crompton QPM, South Yorkshire Police (PME0010) 10 James Harding, Director of News and Current Affairs, BBC (PME0011) 11 Dan Johnson, BBC News (PME0012) 12 Detective Superintendent Matt Fenwick, South Yorkshire Police (PME0013) 13 Carrie Goodwin, Head of Corporate Communications, S Yorkshire Police (PME0014)

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List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

All publications from the Committee are available on the Committee’s website at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home- affairs-committee/publications/

Session 2014–15 First Report Tobacco smuggling HC 200 Second Report Female genital mutilation: the case for a national action HC 201 plan Third Report The work of the Immigration Directorates (October– HC 237 December 2013) Fourth Report Her Majesty’s Passport Office: delays in processing HC 238 applications

Session 2013–14 First Report Police and Crime Commissioners: Register of Interests HC 69

Second Report Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised HC 68 grooming Third Report Leadership and standards in the police HC 67 Fourth Report The work of the UK Border Agency (Oct–Dec 2012) HC 486 Fifth Report E-crime HC 70

Sixth Report Police and Crime Commissioners: power to remove Chief HC 487 Constables Seventh Report Asylum HC 71 Eighth Report The work of the UK Border Agency (Jan–March 2013) HC 616

Ninth Report Pre-Lisbon Treaty EU police and criminal justice measures: HC 615 the UK’s opt-in decision Tenth Report Leadership and Standards in the Police: follow-up HC 756 Eleventh Report Khat HC 869 Twelfth Report Drugs: new psychoactive substances and prescription drugs HC 819 Thirteenth Report The work of the Permanent Secretary HC 233 Fourteenth Report The Government’s Response to the Committees’ Reports HC 1177 on the 2014 block opt-out decision Fifteenth Report The work of the Immigration Directorates (April– HC 820 September 2013) Sixteenth Report Police and Crime Commissioners: Progress to date HC 757 Seventeenth Report Counter-terrorism HC 231 Eighteenth Report Reform of the Police Federation HC 1163

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Session 2012–13 First Report Effectiveness of the Committee in 2010–12 HC 144 Second Report Work of the Permanent Secretary (April–Dec 2011) HC 145 Third Report Pre-appointment Hearing for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector HC 183 of Constabulary Fourth Report Private Investigators HC 100 Fifth Report The work of the UK Border Agency (Dec 2011–Mar 2012) HC 71 Sixth Report The work of the Border Force HC 523 Seventh Report Olympics Security HC 531 Eighth Report The work of the UK Border Agency (April–June 2012) HC 603 Ninth Report Drugs: Breaking the Cycle HC 184-I Tenth Report Powers to investigate the Hillsborough disaster: interim HC 793 Report on the Independent Police Complaints Commission Eleventh Report Independent Police Complaints Commission HC 494 Twelfth Report The draft Anti-social Behaviour Bill: pre-legislative scrutiny HC 836 Thirteenth Report Undercover Policing: Interim Report HC 837 Fourteenth Report The work of the UK Border Agency (July-Sept 2012) HC 792

Session 2010–12 First Report Immigration Cap HC 361 Second Report Policing: Police and Crime Commissioners HC 511 Third Report Firearms Control HC 447 Fourth Report The work of the UK Border Agency HC 587 Fifth Report Police use of Tasers HC 646 Sixth Report Police Finances HC 695 Seventh Report Student Visas HC 773 Eighth Report Forced marriage HC 880 Ninth Report The work of the UK Border Agency (November 2010- HC 929 March 2011) Tenth Report Implications for the Justice and Home Affairs area of the HC 789 accession of Turkey to the European Union Eleventh Report Student Visas–follow up HC 1445 Twelfth Report Home Office–Work of the Permanent Secretary HC 928 Thirteenth Report Unauthorised tapping into or hacking of mobile HC 907 communications Fourteenth Report New Landscape of Policing HC 939 Fifteenth Report The work of the UK Border Agency (April-July 2011) HC 1497 Sixteenth Report Policing large scale disorder HC 1456 Seventeenth Report UK Border Controls HC 1647 Eighteenth Report Rules governing enforced removals from the UK HC 563 Nineteenth Report Roots of violent radicalisation HC 1446 Twentieth Report Extradition HC 644 Twenty-first Report Work of the UK Border Agency (August-Dec 2011) HC 1722