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Operation Jackpot

EDM number 291 in 1992-93, proposed by Brian Sedgemore on 19/06/1992.

That this House notes that Detective Superintendent Russell from the Metropolitan Police is conducting an investigation under the code name Operation Jackpot into allegations that some police officers from Stoke Newington Police Station have been involved in organised crime including running a protection racket, drug dealing, planting drugs on individuals and perjury; notes that in an unprecedented move 12 firms of solicitors and 19 barristers have written to the Home Secretary expressing concern about the nature of the inquiry; further notes that 16 firms of solicitors and 36 barristers from the Lawyers' Liaison Group have written to the Director of Public Prosecutions expressing concern about the nature of the inquiry; further notes that 16 firms of solicitors and 36 barristers from the Lawyers' Liaison Group have written to the Director of Public Prosecutions expressing concern that justice for defendants and those seeking to appeal against conviction is being hampered by the failure of the Crown Prosecution Service to disclose the extent of the investigation and the findings of the inquiry in as far as they affect the character and credibility of police witnesses; calls on the Home Secretary, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that all the findings should be disclosed to defence solicitors; further calls on the inquiry to be speeded up; hopes that the Director of Public Prosecutions will not sit on Detective Superintendent Russell's report; and believes that the interest of justice calls for a more wide-ranging inquiry to be carried out by an independent police force.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Brian Sedgemore19/06/1992Hackney South & ShoreditchProposed
Dennis Skinner19/06/1992BolsoverSigned
Terry Lewis19/06/1992WorsleySigned
Bob Cryer19/06/1992Bradford SouthSigned
Diane Abbott19/06/1992Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Terry Patchett22/06/1992Barnsley EastSigned
Eddie Loyden23/06/1992Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Alice Mahon23/06/1992HalifaxSigned
Ian McCartney23/06/1992MakerfieldSigned
Bill Michie23/06/1992Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Ronnie Campbell23/06/1992Blyth ValleySigned
Tony Banks23/06/1992Newham North WestSigned
Martin Redmond24/06/1992Don ValleySigned
Tommy Graham24/06/1992Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
John Cummings24/06/1992EasingtonSigned
Eric Illsley25/06/1992Barnsley CentralSigned
Chris Mullin25/06/1992Sunderland SouthSigned
Roland Boyes25/06/1992Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Michael Clapham25/06/1992Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Harry Cohen25/06/1992LeytonSigned
Bill Etherington25/06/1992Sunderland NorthSigned
Max Madden29/06/1992Bradford WestSigned
Martyn Jones06/07/1992Clwyd South WestSigned
Audrey Wise15/07/1992PrestonSigned
Ken Livingstone19/10/1992Brent EastSigned

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