§ Mr. Hunterasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether Her Majesty's Government have anything to add to the statement made in the House by Mr. James Ramsden, the then Secretary of State for War, on 17 December 1963 concerning the circumstances of the court martial of Major Cory and the subsequent events up to the hearing of his appeal by the court martial appeal court.
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe facts of this case have been studied as fully as possible after a period of 25 years. There is no reason to suppose that Major Cory is anything other than totally innocent of the charges made against him. This was demonstrated at the time by the quashing of his conviction by the courts martial appeal court on the grounds that there had been a miscarriage of justice.