§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence in the light of information handed to Her Majesty's ambassador in Washington by the United States Administration on the Warrior/A-10 incident in the Gulf war regarding British service men killed by friendly fire, if he will now launch a further inquiry into this matter to clarify the apparent contradictions in evidence; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonNo. As I made clear in the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Mr. Oppenheim) on 24 July at column706, the board of inquiry was unable to resolve a conflict of evidence on the passing of a target grid reference to the A-10 pilots or establish why the Warrior vehicles were misidentified. The letter from the United States Administration to Her Majesty's ambassador in Washington confirms that all relevant information was passed to the board of inquiry and that no new evidence is available. A copy of that letter was placed in the Library of the House on 12 November.