HC Deb 24 June 1998 vol 314 c515W
Mr. Allan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman. [46834]

Mr. Straw

The information requested is as follows:

Committee Established Chairman
Inquiry into the escape of IRA Prisoners from Whitemoor gaol September 1994 Sir John Woodcock
Inquiry into Prison Security December 1994 Sir John Learmont
Inquiry into Legislation against Terrorism December 1995 Lord Lloyd of Berwick
Assessment and implications of centrifuge contamination in the Trace Explosive Section of the Forensic Explosives Laboratory at Fort Halstead May 1996 Professor Brian Caddy
Scrutiny of evidence relating to the Hillsborough Disaster June 1997 Lord Justice Stuart-Smith
Inquiry under the Police Act 1996 into matters arising from the death of Stephen Lawrence August 1997 Sir William Macpherson of Cluny
Independent Commission on the Voting System December 1997 Lord Jenkins of Hillhead
Review of Financial Regulation in the Crown Dependencies January 1998 Mr. Andrew Edwards