HC Deb 21 June 1996 vol 279 c628W
Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Devon and Cornwall police as to when they completed their inquiry into the case of Mr. Brian Parsons arising from the recent submissions made by his solicitors to the Home Secretary; what further inquiries they have made; and when he expects to complete his consideration of the case. [32750]

Mr. Kirkhope

We received from Devon and Cornwall police in November 1995 a final report into certain matters raised in the representations which have been made on behalf of Mr. Parsons. Our provisional conclusion is that grounds have not emerged for referring the case to the Court of Appeal. I am writing today to the hon. Member and to others setting out the basis on which these provisional conclusions have been reached.