Mr. Mervyn Ritter

HC Deb 22 February 1996 vol 272 cc217-8W

Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list cases in which Mr. Mervyn Ritter has given evidence on behalf of the Crown against other prisoners while he was in prison. [16077]

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Chris Mullin, dated 22 February 1996: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question in which you asked him to list cases in which Mr. Mervyn Ritter has given evidence on behalf of the Crown against other prisoners while he was in prison. There is no record of Mr. Ritter giving evidence on behalf of the Crown against other prisoners while he was in prison.