HC Deb 20 April 1999 vol 329 c486W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a list of all the documents(a) which have been made available for public consultation in respect of the Hillsborough disaster and (b) which have since been withdrawn. [81111]

Mr. Boateng

Following the Home Secretary's announcement of the outcome of Lord Justice Stuart-Smith's scrutiny of the Hillsborough disaster, as much of the evidence considered by the scrutiny as possible was placed in the Library. The material is comprised ofTranscripts of interviews with those who gave evidence to Lord Justice Stuart-Smith; Other records of discussions held by Lord Justice Stuart-Smith, where transcripts were not made; Written evidence provided to Lord Justice Stuart-Smith by witnesses; Other written statements consulted at the request of the families; Statements by South Yorkshire Police officers (in their original and amended forms); Oral and written submissions made to Lord Justice Stuart-Smith by Counsel and others on behalf of the Family Support Group; Transcripts of Lord Justice Stuart-Smith's Open Meeting on 6 October and meeting with Counsel for the Family Support Group on 30 September; South Yorkshire Police Operational Orders for the 1988 and 1989 semi-finals; Statements by the Police Complaints Authority; Report produced by David Phillips of Devon and Cornwall Constabulary at request of South Yorkshire Police; Report by Noel Burne (structural engineer) at the request of South Yorkshire Police Authority; Police videotapes TB 1, 2, 3 and 4; Written evidence provided to Lord Justice Stuart-Smith by those whom he consulted.

The names of those who gave written or oral evidence to the scrutiny, and those whom Lord Justice Stuart-Smith consulted, are set out in Appendix 1 of his report.

No documents have been withdrawn from the Library.