§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the grounds for refusing access to the autopsy report on Mr. Fergal Carraher by the representatives of the Carraher family.
§ Dr. MawhinneyUnder the Coroners (Practice and Procedures) Rules (NI) 1963, the decision whether and, if so, when to make available to properly interested persons a report of a post-mortem examination of the body of a person whose death has been reported to a coroner, is entirely a matter for the coroner concerned. He is an independent judicial officer.