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Dr David Kelly

My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Kenneth Clarke QC) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I have today placed copies of the post mortem examination report and the toxicology report relating to the death of Dr David Kelly in July 2003 in the Libraries of both Houses and on the Ministry of Justice website at http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/ kelly-pm-toxicology-reports.htm. I am publishing these reports in the interests of maintaining public confidence in the inquiry into how Dr Kelly came by his death. While I firmly believe that the publication of these documents is in the public interest, I am mindful that the contents may be distressing. I hope that the privacy of Dr Kelly's family will be respected at this difficult time.