§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1)(a) if he will make a statement on the reasons which underlay the decision (i) to remove the body of the son of Margaret Maurex from an NHS hospital to a Ministry of Defence site, where a post-mortem examination was performed and (ii) not to ask the permission of Margaret Maurex, (b) what tests were performed on the body, (c) what were the results of the post-mortem examination and (d) for what reasons such exercises were performed in secret; and if he will make a statement; [115926]
(2) what notification was given to Mrs. Margaret Maurex of the post-mortem conducted at a Ministry of Defence site on her son. [116283]
§ Dr. MoonieMr. A. I. Mullineux was discharged from the Regular Army on 10 August 1992 under Queen's Regulations 9.374—"At the Soldier's request on payment—transfer to the Regular Reserve". He was not employed in support of any UK sponsored military operations at the time of his death in Bosnia in February 1993. A careful examination of Mr. Mullineux's contemporary Service records indicates that the Ministry of Defence did not play any role in the repatriation of Mr. Mullineux's body to the UK, nor any post-mortem, which would properly have been the responsibility of the civil authorities.