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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the GOLD
Group on Operation GIANNA overseeing the Metropolitan Police Department of Professional
Standards investigation into allegations in relation to Gurpal Virdi, how many participants
in the GOLD Group had the rank or role of (a) Deputy Commissioner, (b) Deputy Assistant
Commissioner, (c) Commander, (d) Chief Superintendent, (e) Superintendent, (f) Detective
Chief Inspector, (g) Detective Inspector, (h) Detective Sergeant, (i) member of SCD2
Sapphire, (j) member of the Department of Media and Communications and (k) member
of the Department of Legal Services; whether representatives of the Crown Prosecution
Service were ever present; how many meeting were held; which attendees asked whether
there was any evidence that Gurpal Virdi was present at the arrest of the complainant
in autumn 1986; which attendees asked whether there was evidence taken from PC Markwick
on the arrest for which he was the officer in charge; which attendees asked why evidence
was not sought from PC Mady on the arrest of the complainant in spring 1987; what
assessment he has made of the equity of the only review of the investigation being
conducted by the Department of Professional Standards into its original investigation;
and if he will make a statement.
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