§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make available the autopsy report on Fergal Caraher to his family.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 28 November 1991]: Under the Coroners (Practice and Procedures) Rules (N.I.) 1963, the decision whether, and if so when, to make available to properly interested persons a report of a post mortem examination of the body of a person whose death has been reported to a coroner, is entirely a matter for the coroner concerned. The coroner is an independent judicial officer.