§ 12. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a further statement on the results of the report on the Cadco affair in Glenrothes, Fife; and whether any prosecutions are now imminent.
§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has yet received the report of the Lord Advocate on the Cadco affair; and what action he intends to take.
§ Mr. DarlingWith permission, I will answer this Question and No. 7 for Written Answer together.
After investigation by the Procurator Fiscal, and after considering the evidence and the circumstances of the case, the Lord Advocate has decided that criminal proceedings in Scotland are not warranted. The Director of Public Prosecutions considers that, since Denis 1279 Henry Loraine and Thomas Chambers Windsor Roe, the persons principally concerned, are in the United States of America and Switzerland, respectively, and subject to criminal proceedings in those countries, there is no action he can take at the present time. Accordingly, pending the conclusion of those proceedings, he has deferred his decision as to the action, if any, which should be taken.
My right hon. Friend expects to publish the report of the inspectors by the end of next month.
§ Mr. HamiltonIs my right hon. Friend aware that that reply will give a certain measure of satisfacton in that the report is to be published in due course? In view, however, of the fact that Mr. Loraine and Mr. Roe are likely to be in Switzerland and America for a prolonged holiday, will my right hon. Friend undertake that the report will be published in a completely unexpurgated form and that nothing will be deleted from it?
§ Mr. DarlingYes, Sir.