HC Deb 16 September 2003 vol 410 cc702-3W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will order a public inquiry into the way that unnatural deaths at(a) Deepcut and (b) Catterick barracks have been investigated; [128810]

(2) if he will order an inquiry into the way that unnatural deaths at Deepcut Barracks have been investigated. [128811]

Mr. Ingram

The civilian police have primacy in investigating such deaths within the armed forces. Given that investigations are yet to conclude, calls for a public or other inquiry into the way that unnatural deaths have been investigated are premature.