ATOMIC RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT, FOULNESS (DEATH)

HC Deb 03 July 1959 vol 608 cc83-4W

Mr. McAdden

asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the circumstances concerning the suicide at the atomic research establishment on Foulness Island of an employee of that establishment.

The Prime Minister

Mr. David Frederick Leigh, a Scientific Officer in the employment of the Atomic Energy Authority at Foulness, was found dead in the Establishment on 10th June, 1959. At the inquest the verdict of the coroner was that he died of haemorrhage from self-inflicted wounds. No evidence emerged at the inquest to indicate the reasons for his action.