§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list any cases in the last two years where persons facing explosives charges have been released despite positive forensic tests.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will name the forensic test which proved positive against Mr. Daniel McBrearty; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaddingtonPositive results were obtained from three separate tests—(i) gas chromatography with chemiluminescent detection; (i) gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection; (iii) thin layer chromatography.