Proceeding contribution from Patrick Mercer (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 May 2006. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Iraq (Basra Incident).

Iraq (Basra Incident)

The Secretary of State will be aware that in the next few days the bodies of the dead will come back to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, where the Oxford coroner will have to carry out inquiries into the deaths. A coroner’s inquiry has yet to be mounted in more than 60 cases, and it is no exaggeration to say that the families of the dead cannot complete the mourning process until those inquiries have been carried out. Will the Secretary of State assure the House that the coroner will have the assets that he requires to make sure that the families of those heroes and that heroine receive their due reward?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 446 c35
Session: 2005-06
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Armed forces Casualties Air force Inquiries Iraq Helicopters Peacekeeping operations Military police Military aircraft Civil disorder Basra Lynx helicopters
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Iraq (Basra Incident)

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