HC Deb 21 October 1991 vol 196 cc332-3W
Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will investigate the circumstances in which John Hilton, a convicted murderer, was released on licence in January 1978.

Mrs. Rumbold

The circumstances of John Hilton's release on life licence in January 1978 are that following a positive Parole Board recommendation and having consulted the judiciary, the Secretary of State authorised the release.