§ Mr. SternTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in the light of the judgment in the case of Lance Corporal Clive Shorters, convicted at Stafford crown court on 14 September 1989 on two counts of arson, he will ask the Falklands Islands Government to reopen the inquiry into the fire at the King Edward Memorial Hospital at Port Stanley in 1984.
§ Mr. SainsburyI have been asked to reply.
The Falkland Islands police force, the Royal Military Police and Staffordshire CID have just completed a further investigation of the incidents leading to the death of eight people in the fire at King Edward the Seventh Memorial Hospital, Port Stanley, in April 1984. Many witnesses, including Mr. Shorters, have been re-interviewed.
Once they have considered the results of this investigation, the authorities in Port Stanley will consider whether any further steps should be taken in the Falkland Islands in relation to the fire.