§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to his answer of 20 January,Official Report, column, 695, relating to the papers relating to Mahmood Mettan's execution at Cardiff gaol in 1952, if he will give further consideration to the explanation given for the routine destruction of the relevant papers in 1986, having regard to the discovery of the papers in the Public Record Office; and if he will place a copy of those papers in the Library;
(2) if he will supply a copy of all or part of the papers relating to the trial and execution of Mahmood Mattan in 1952 to solicitors acting on the family's behalf in pursuit of their request for a posthumous pardon.
§ Mr. HowardNo. Further inquiries within my Department and the Public Record Office have confirmed the destruction of Home Office records of this case.
I understand that copies of documents from the Lord Chancellor's Department file at the Public Record Office were sent to the solicitors acting for Mr. Mattan's widow in September 1994.