§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Attorney-General, pursuant to the oral statement of the Minister of State of 8 May,Official Report, column 214, if he will make it his policy 67W to give permission to grant an application under section 13 of the Coroners Act 1988 to order a fresh inquest in the case of WPC Yvonne Fletcher. [29296]
§ The Attorney-GeneralI have no power to order a fresh inquest. Section 13 of the Coroners Act 1988 permits the High Court to do so where an application is made on my authority. Any request to me for the grant of my authority would be considered on its own merits. In each instance, I consider whether there is a reasonable prospect of establishing that it is necessary or desirable in the interests of justice for a fresh inquest to be held.