§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for an inquiry into the wounding and conviction of Phil Robins, details of which have been sent to him by the hon. Member for Liverpool, Scotland Exchange.
§ Mr. WhitelawI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Caernarvon (Mr. Wigley) on 7 July regarding inquiries into Mr. Robins' conviction.—[Vol. 27, c.118.] As to Mr. Robins' injuries, I refer the hon. Member to my reply today to his other question.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider the ballistic evidence provided to him that Phil Robins was hit with direct shots by Ferrett 100 CS gas shells in Liverpool on 6 July 1981.
§ Mr. WhitelawI have asked the chief constable of Merseyside for a report on claims that Mr. Robins was hit in this manner.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which hon. Members he has received representations concerning the "Free Phil Robins" campaign.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe right hon. Member for Bristol, South-East (Mr. Benn) and the hon. Members for Bolsover, (Mr. Skinner), Hackney, North and Stoke Newington (Mr. Roberts), Liverpool, Edge Hill (Mr. Alton), Liverpool, Scotland Exchange (Mr. Parry), Liverpool, Walton (Mr. Heffer), Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher), Preston, South (Mr. Thorne), West Stirlingshire (Mr. Canavan), and Thanet, East (Mr. Aitken).