§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many clerical errors have been identified in the information sent to Calcutta in relation to the trial of Mr. Peter Bleach; and if he will make a statement. [51880]
§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 23 July 1998]: Following a complaint by Mr. Bleach that he had not been given proper access to the evidence forwarded to the Indian authorities by the British police, in the interests of fairness, North Yorkshire Police forwarded to him copies of all the evidence that had been passed to the Indians. This exposed a clerical error by the police, namely that there was a small discrepancy between one of the copy documents passed to the Indians and one forwarded to Mr. Bleach.