HC Deb 09 July 1998 vol 315 c605W
Mr. Gapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the source of all the evidence which was submitted to the Cullen Inquiry which has not yet been published. [49263]

Mr. McLeish

A list of sources of submissions selected in evidence was published as Appendix 4 to Lord Cullen's report, "The Public Inquiry into the Shootings at Dunblane Primary School on 13 March 1996" (Cm 3386). There is at present no list of submissions and their sources that were sent to the Inquiry but were not used in evidence. The submissions themselves have been deposited in the Scottish Record Office on behalf of the Secretary of State for Scotland. Lists are being prepared by Scottish Record Office staff but are not yet available.

Mr. Gapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library a list of (i) all evidence submitted to the Cullen Inquiry, (ii) all evidence which is yet to be published and (iii) all evidence or submissions on which a restriction as to future publication has been placed. [49264]

Mr. McLeish

(i) and (ii) A list of submissions selected in evidence was published as Appendix 4 to Lord Cullen's report, "The Public Inquiry into the Shootings at Dunblane Primary School on 13 March 1996" (Cm 3386). A full list of submissions, both selected and not selected to form part of the written evidence before the Inquiry, is being prepared by the Scottish Record Office and will be placed in the Library as soon as it becomes available. Very little of the evidence before the Inquiry has been formally published.

(iii) There is no restriction on future publication of any formal submission of evidence whether used or not used at the Inquiry.