§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) on how many occasions since 1979 his Department has utilised the expertise of the forensic entomologist Dr. Zakaria Erzinclioglu; whether the assistance provided by Dr. Erzinclioglu could have been supplied by anyone employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement;
(2)what alternative facilities are to be available for forensic entomology to assist police investigations, following the non-renewal of the research grant for Dr. Zakaria Erzinclioglu; and if he will make a statement;
(3)if he will make it his policy to provide funding for the research of the forensic entomologist Dr. Zakaria Erzinclioglu in the department of zoology at Cambridge university; and if he will make a statement;
(4)if his Department's forensic science service employs any persons with specialist knowledge of forensic entomology; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter LloydDr. Erzinclioglu's position is at present under consideration and I will write to the hon. and learned Member.