HC Deb 07 June 1988 vol 134 c445W
Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to announce the outcome of the inquiry he authorised into the case of the four persons convicted of the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings; and what is the reason for the delay.

Mr. John Patten

My right hon. Friend will announce his decision on whether to intervene in this case as soon as he has considered fully the police report on the new statements that have been put forward, together with the other material which has been brought to his attention. He hopes to complete this in the not too distant future.