§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will establish an independent public inquiry into all decisions taken by his Department concerning John Manley, sentenced to life at Leeds Crown court for killing Donald Swaine; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Douglas HoggNo. I would refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave yesterday to questions from the hon. Member for Bradford, South (Mr. Cryer) which set out the action which we have already taken to review the case.
§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes in his Department's procedures he has introduced as a result of the case of John Manley; what further changes in procedures he proposes to make; what proposals he has received from the probation service for changes in procedures; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI would refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave yesterday to questions from the hon. Member for Bradford, South (Mr. Cryer). If the further examination of this case suggests that there is scope for improving procedures, this will be carefully considered. We shall gladly take into account any proposals which may be received from the probation service.
§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department why requests by Bradford probation service for John Manley to be readmitted to Rampton hospital were refused by his Department.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI refer the hon. Member to replies I gave yesterday to questions from the hon. Member for Bradford, South (Mr. Cryer). The West Yorkshire probation service did not specifically request that Mr. Manley should be recalled to Rampton hospital.
§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he authorised the release of John Manley from Rampton hospital in 1981; and what terms and conditions were applied to his release.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave yesterday to Questions from the hon. Member for Bradford, South (Mr. Cryer) which refer to a review conducted earlier this year of the handling bf this case. The decision to release Mr. Manley from Rampton hospital was based on medical advice that he was fit to be conditionally discharged. The conditions of discharge were that Mr. Manley, on leaving hospital, should go immediately to a hostel in Lincoln; that he should reside there under the supervision of a social worker appointed by the local authority; that he should keep in touch with and receive home visits from the supervising officer, as directed by that officer; and that he should attend a psychiatric out-patient clinic, as directed by a consultant psychiatrist at Rampton hospital.