§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information Her Majesty's Government have now received about the timing of the preliminary hearings in relation to the inquest into the deaths of three Irish Republican Army personnel shot by British service men in Gibraltar; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorThe Gibraltar coroner announced on 21 June that the preliminary hearing concerning the inquest will open on 4 July. We expect it to set the date of the main inquest and hope this will be as soon as possible.