§ 31. Mr. McFallTo ask the Attorney-General what recent representations he has received concerning the Birmingham pub bombings; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI have received correspondence from one member of the public about this case since the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment.
§ Mr. McFallDoes the Attorney-General realise that, in 1975, the trial judge Lord Bridge, said that if the Birmingham Six were telling the truth, the police were involved in one of the greatest conspiracies in the annals of history? At the Appeal Court two months ago, it was stated that 14 police officers lied or their evidence was unreliable. One of the police officers is a superintendent in the complaints department of West Midlands police. When will the Attorney-General take action so that the criminal justice system can be seen to be upright and clean, and British justice can hold its head up high?
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe hon. Gentleman must have missed what I said a few minutes ago. Last week, the chief constable of Devon and Cornwall police delivered a report on the matter to the Director of Public Prosecutions.