§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a detailed statement on the inquiry which he has ordered to be held in the Aberdeen Sheriff Court on 31st March, 1958, into the deaths and injuries at Dancing 48W Cairns Quarry, Aberdeen, indicating who will hold the inquiry, its terms of reference, whether it will be held in public, whether it will have power to assess, to award, or to recommend the payment of damages or compensation to those who have suffered loss thereby, whether those persons or their relatives will be allowed to give and call evidence, and whether those persons will be allowed to conduct their own cases and be professionally represented.
§ The Lord AdvocateI have been asked to reply.
A public inquiry under the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act, 1906, will be held into the death of Peter Ingram Horne, aged 15 years, who resided at 49, Cummings Park Circle, Aberdeen, and who was fatally injured as a result of a fall while climbing the rock face of the Quarry on 2nd March, 1958. He fell from the face of the Quarry to the bottom, a distance of approximately 50 feet. The inquiry will be conducted by the Procurator Fiscal. It is held in terms of the above Statute and will not be concerned with the assessment or award of damages or compensation. The relatives of the deceased or any person having a just interest may take part in the inquiry or may be legally represented or represented by any other person whom the Sheriff may allow to appear on their behalf.