§ Sir Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to require an inquest to be held on people who have died as a result of contracting AIDS; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggNo; but coroners are required under the Coroners Act 1887 as amended by the Coroners (Amendment) Act 1926 to inquire into all cases reported to them of violent or unnatural deaths; or sudden deaths the causes of which are unknown.