§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he can now state the members of the inquiry to be set up to consider police procedures and practice in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. MasonThe inquiry will be chaired by His Honour Judge Bennett, QC, who has been a Circuit Judge for the past six years. The two other members will be Sir James Haughton, who last year retired as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, and Professor John Marshall, who is Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of London.
The terms of reference of the inquiry will be:
To examine police procedures and practice in Northern Ireland relating to the interrogation of persons suspected of scheduled offences; to examine the operation of the present procedures for dealing with complaints relating to the conduct of police in the course of the process of interrogation; and to report and make recommendations.