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Tory MP leak inquiry 'continuing' Tory MP leak inquiry 'continuing'
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The inquiry into alleged leaks of Home Office documents which led to MP Damian Green being arrested is "continuing", a Scotland Yard source has told the BBC.The inquiry into alleged leaks of Home Office documents which led to MP Damian Green being arrested is "continuing", a Scotland Yard source has told the BBC.
The source said the investigation was "moving on quite quickly" and there was no truth in claims Scotland Yard was holding crisis meetings about it. The source said the investigation was "moving on quite quickly" and there there were no plans to drop it.
Senior Tories are furious that police held Mr Green, the shadow immigration minister, for nine hours last week.Senior Tories are furious that police held Mr Green, the shadow immigration minister, for nine hours last week.
Officers reportedly accused him of "grooming" a Home Office mole. Downing Street said it would judge the "full facts" before deciding whether an inquiry should be held into the case.
Mr Green was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office, but not charged.Mr Green was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office, but not charged.
The Ashford MP, who denies any wrongdoing, was held for nine hours while his homes and offices were searched. The Ashford MP, who denies any wrongdoing, was held while his homes and offices were searched.
The Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, is also under pressure to justify why he had allowed police to enter Parliament and search Mr Green's office. His office has said he will address MPs on Wednesday. 'Sensitive issues'
House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin is under pressure to justify why he had allowed police to enter Parliament and search Mr Green's office. His office has said he will address MPs on Wednesday.
The Scotland Yard source dismissed newspaper reports that the inquiry into alleged leaks could be halted.
A spokesman for Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the arrest of Mr Green had raised "difficult and sensitive issues".
Downing Street has not ruled out a future inquiry into the issues surrounding the case, although MPs have been urged not to rush to judgement and await the outcome of the police investigation.
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Mr Brown's spokesman said: "There may well be a time when it is right to look at the issues arising from this case."
Earlier, Justice Secretary Jack Straw told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Everybody who has been made aware of these unfolding events, of course, is surprised by the nature of the raid.
"I certainly understand the concern of my parliamentary colleagues."
But he added: "We don't have a police state here, despite many of the ridiculous newspaper headlines. A police state would be where ministers were directing an investigation...
"We have an independent police service."
On Sunday Home Secretary Jacqui Smith told the BBC she had not known in advance about the raids and refused to apologise, saying it would have been "Stalinist" had she interfered in the investigation into Home Office leaks.
Mr Straw told Today: "If an investigation is an investigation of your own department, then there are still more reasons why the home secretary needs to stand back from it.
"If any home secretary had offered an apology, there would then be a huge furore about the home secretary prejudicing the investigation."
'Stand back'
When police questioned Mr Green, they are said to have suggested to him that he had not "simply received leaked" information but "groomed" a civil servant who had allegedly passed him 20 confidential documents.
The man, who has been named in newspapers, was a Conservative activist who is believed to have previously applied for jobs in Mr Green's office.
There is Tory anger over what they say was the police's use of the controversial term "groomed" because it is usually used in relation to child sex offences.
MPs from all the main parties have denounced Mr Green's treatment, saying they believe the raids on his Commons offices amounted to an attack on their ability to represent constituents and hold the government to account.
The Daily Telegraph reports that some politicians are threatening to disrupt the state opening of Parliament on Wednesday in protest, with senior Conservatives considering organising a walk-out unless the authorities apologise.
Leader of the Commons Harriet Harman said she thought there should be a review of the rules in such cases and of how it was possible for the authorities to allow the raid on Mr Green's Commons office to take place.
Any review should take place after the police inquiry ends, she said.
The chairman of the commons public administration committee, Tony Wright, has said he will set up an inquiry into how these matters should be handled in the future.