Written question asked by Tam Dalyell (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 March 1997. It was answered by John Major (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 March 1997 on behalf of the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister

Question: When Ministers were informed that Thomas Hamilton of Dunblane was a police informer.

Answer: Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Prime Minister when Ministers were informed that Thomas Hamilton of Dunblane was a police informer. [20656] The Prime Minister: Lord Cullen's inquiry looked very closely into Thomas Hamilton's background and his relationship with the police and no information came to light to suggest that he had ever been a police informant. Inquiries of the four forces in whose area Thomas Hamilton ran boys' clubs and of the Scottish crime squad have confirmed this.

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