§ Mr. Canavanasked the Lord Privy Seal whether, pursuant to his previous replies to the hon Member for West Stirlingshire, Official Report, 11 May, columns 331–35, he will now make a further statement about the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Inspector John MacLennan of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force.
§ Mr. Blaker: The Attorney-General, Hong Kong, has now studied the coroner's depositions and concluded that there was overwhelming evidence at the inquest into the death of Inspector MacLennan which showed that he committed suicide. Accordingly he has decided that he has no legal power under the Coroners Ordinance to reopen the inquest.