HL Deb 25 March 2002 vol 633 c29WA
Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they have made representations to the Government of the Irish Republic to seek an independent inquiry into the police investigation of the Omagh bomb of 1998: and, if not, why not. [HL3292]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

The Government have made no representations to the Government of Ireland to seek an independent inquiry into the police investigation of the Omagh bomb in 1998. The Government are satisfied that the Government of Ireland and an Garda Siochána wholeheartedly share our objective of bringing to justice the perpetrators of this terrible atrocity.