HC Deb 24 July 2002 vol 389 c1531W
Ian Lucas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will order a new inquiry into the death of Helen Smith in Jeddah in May 1979. [68886]

Mr. Hilary Benn

An inquest was held into Helen Smith's death in 1982. Inquest proceedings can be reviewed by the courts and we are not aware of any grounds for the Government to take further action.