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<p>The policy of Government is as set out in Paragraph 21 ‘Official information: standards
of conduct and procedures’ and states, "The police are entirely operationally
independent of Government and have the right and duty to investigate criminal activity
wherever it occurs. No part of Government is above the law. In respect of unauthorised
disclosure of official information under, for example, the Official Secrets Act, if
the police find evidence of a suspected breach of the criminal law, it is entirely
within the powers of the police to begin an investigation under their own auspices,
whether or not the Government has raised the incident with them."</p><p> </p><p>A
copy is in the Library of the House and is available at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228774/7863.pdf</p>
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