§ Mr. Thorneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he proposes to establish the inquiry which would hear the claims for compensation and the establishment of their innocence by Messrs. Tony Blythe, Frankie Fraser and Mick Andrews, arising from the Parkhurst incidents of October 1969.
§ Mr. JohnWe have no proposals for an inquiry. The three men were convicted in the criminal courts of various offences arising out of the incidents and, therefore, had access to the normal rights of appeal. They were also separately allowed to institute civil proceedings in connection with alleged assaults by prison staff and have done so.