JOHNSTON INQUIRY REPORT

Early day motion 862, tabled 24 February 2009 by Bernard Jenkin (Conservative). Signed by 118 members.

That this House notes that the report of the inquiry conducted by Chief Constable Ian Johnston of the British Transport Police, and which was commissioned by the Metropolitan Police in December to review the arrest and investigation of the hon. Member for Ashford, has been withheld from public scrutiny and from Parliament despite the fact that parts of the report were released by the Metropolitan Police on 16 December 2008 and used in comments by Assistant Police Commissioner Bob Quick; and therefore calls on the Home Secretary to take appropriate measures to ensure that a copy of the report be placed in the Library without further delay.

Signatures by party: Conservative 73, Labour 17, Liberal Democrat 17, DUP 7, Independent 2, Independent Labour 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.