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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the 75-year embargo placed on government-held files relating to the Guildford Four; and if she will consider releasing them earlier.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the 75-year embargo placed on government-held files relating to the Guildford Four; and if she will consider releasing them earlier.
There is no embargo on government-held files relating to the Guildford Four. Public release of such information retained by government departments or held closed at The National Archives is determined in line with the provisions of the Public Records Act 1958.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Defence on the embargo on Government-held files relating to the Guildford Four.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Defence on the embargo on Government-held files relating to the Guildford Four.
No such discussions have taken place.
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Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):
Does the Prime Minister accept that his death at 60 proves that Gerry Conlon lost more than 15 terrible years in prison, and the anguish of his father’s torment, owing to the injustice from layers of this state? As well as his wider campaigning against injustice, there were two particular issues that mattered to Gerry in recent years. One was the need for proper, quality mental health services for those who suffered miscarriages of justice. Secondly—I would like the Prime Minister to address this in particular—notwithstanding the egregious 75-year seal put on the Guildford and other papers, Gerry was recently promised access to the archives at Kew and that people could accompany him. It was his dying wish that that would be honoured through the people he wanted to accompany him. Will the Prime Minister ensure that the dying wish of an innocent man is honoured?
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Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):
Does the Prime Minister accept that his death at 60 proves that Gerry Conlon lost more than 15 terrible years in prison, and the anguish of his father’s torment, owing to the injustice from layers of this state? As well as his wider campaigning against injustice, there were two particular issues that mattered to Gerry in recent years. One was the need for proper, quality mental health services for those who suffered miscarriages of justice. Secondly—I would like the Prime Minister to address this in particular—notwithstanding the egregious 75-year seal put on the Guildford and other papers, Gerry was recently promised access to the archives at Kew and that people could accompany him. It was his dying wish that that would be honoured through the people he wanted to accompany him. Will the Prime Minister ensure that the dying wish of an innocent man is honoured?
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising this, and for the way in which he does it. It is hard to think what 15 years in prison, when you are innocent of a crime of which you have been convicted, would do to somebody. It is absolutely right that a
previous Prime Minister apologised as fully as he did when this came to pass. I am very happy to look at the specific request about the records at Kew, which has not been put to me before, and perhaps contact the hon. Gentleman about that it.
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising this, and for the way in which he does it. It is hard to think what 15 years in prison, when you are innocent of a crime of which you have been convicted, would do to somebody. It is absolutely right that a
previous Prime Minister apologised as fully as he did when this came to pass. I am very happy to look at the specific request about the records at Kew, which has not been put to me before, and perhaps contact the hon. Gentleman about that it.
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising this, and for the way in which he does it. It is hard to think what 15 years in prison, when you are innocent of a crime of which you have been convicted, would do to somebody. It is absolutely right that a
previous Prime Minister apologised as fully as he did when this came to pass. I am very happy to look at the specific request about the records at Kew, which has not been put to me before, and perhaps contact the hon. Gentleman about that it.
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Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):
Does the Prime Minister accept that his death at 60 proves that Gerry Conlon lost more than 15 terrible years in prison, and the anguish of his father’s torment, owing to the injustice from layers of this state? As well as his wider campaigning against injustice, there were two particular issues that mattered to Gerry in recent years. One was the need for proper, quality mental health services for those who suffered miscarriages of justice. Secondly—I would like the Prime Minister to address this in particular—notwithstanding the egregious 75-year seal put on the Guildford and other papers, Gerry was recently promised access to the archives at Kew and that people could accompany him. It was his dying wish that that would be honoured through the people he wanted to accompany him. Will the Prime Minister ensure that the dying wish of an innocent man is honoured?
That this House notes the 10th anniversary of the release and exoneration on the 19th October 1989 of the Guildford Four and deplores the continuing lack of any system of aftercare and the inadequate arrangements for financial compensation for victims of miscarriages of justice.
That this House notes the 10th anniversary of the release and exoneration on the 19th October 1989 of the Guildford Four and deplores the continuing lack of any system of aftercare and the inadequate arrangements for financial compensation for victims of miscarriages of justice.
When final compensation will be paid to Paul Hill. - Includes fact that no final claim for compensation has yet been received.
When final compensation will be paid to Paul Hill. - Includes fact that no final claim for compensation has yet been received.
What estimate he has made of the costs of the Government's defence in the case of Paul Hill. - Includes fact that no assessment for costs in this case has yet been made.
What estimate he has made of the costs of the Government's defence in the case of Paul Hill. - Includes fact that no assessment for costs in this case has yet been made.
Statement on publication of Sir John May's inquiry into the convictions of the Guildford Four.
Statement on publication of Sir John May's inquiry into the convictions of the Guildford Four.
Lords statement on Sir John May's Inquiry into the convictions of the Guildford Four will be published.
Lords statement on Sir John May's Inquiry into the convictions of the Guildford Four will be published.
That this House welcomes the acquittal of Paul Hill at the High Court in Belfast; recognises the trauma of waiting nearly five years since his acquittal on the convictions for the Woolwich and Guildford pub bombings for this conviction to be lifted; and regrets that none of the police officers who caused the miscarriage of justice has been convicted.
That this House welcomes the acquittal of Paul Hill at the High Court in Belfast; recognises the trauma of waiting nearly five years since his acquittal on the convictions for the Woolwich and Guildford pub bombings for this conviction to be lifted; and regrets that none of the police officers...
That this House welcomes the decision of the honourable Members for Eltham and North East Derbyshire to arrange, with Universal International Pictures, a special preview screening for honourable Members and Peers of the forthcoming film, In the Name of the Father, which is based on the story of the Guildford 4; notes the screening of the film on Tuesday 1st February followed by a debate on the issues raised by the film with the director Jim Sheridan and his co-producer Arthur Lappin; accepts that their intention is that the film should help heal some of the wounds of the troubles; agrees with the cross-party, British-Irish peace group, New Consensus, that it would be wrong to judge the film until it has been seen; recognises that it is vital that the film is not hijacked by the gullible or the guilty to justify the IRA's hideous campaign of violence; further agrees that miscarriages of justice such as those of the Guildford 4 prove the need for legal and political reform but do not give a mandate to the IRA to kill; and remembers with great sadness the people whose limbs and lives were torn apart by the Guildford bomb.
That this House welcomes the decision of the honourable Members for Eltham and North East Derbyshire to arrange, with Universal International Pictures, a special preview screening for honourable Members and Peers of the forthcoming film, In the Name of the Father, which is based on the story of the Guildford...
What was the cost of the prosecution of the three Surrey police officers recently tried for their role in the Guildford and Woolwich case. - Inc figure.
What was the cost of the prosecution of the three Surrey police officers recently tried for their role in the Guildford and Woolwich case. - Inc figure.
That this House is deeply concerned at the attempts of the establishment to re-convict the Guildford Four; records that the four, Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick Armstrong and Carole Richardson spent fourteen years in prison for a crime they did not commit on convictions based only on uncorroborated confessions; notes that the Surrey officers acquitted by the court offered no defence thus preventing challenge to the assertions of their counsel and that their prosecution effectively stopped the May Inquiry proceeding due to the sub judice rule; and calls for a public examination of all the police actions surrounding the Guildford confessions and an explanation from the Surrey police of their activities at that time.
That this House is deeply concerned at the attempts of the establishment to re-convict the Guildford Four; records that the four, Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick Armstrong and Carole Richardson spent fourteen years in prison for a crime they did not commit on convictions based only on uncorroborated confessions; notes...
If he will list the compensation for wrongful imprisonment so far paid to (a) the four people convicted of the Guildford and Woolwich bombings, (b) Mrs Maguire and her six co-defendants and (c) the six men convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings; and when he expects to reach a final...
If he will list the compensation for wrongful imprisonment so far paid to (a) the four people convicted of the Guildford and Woolwich bombings, (b) Mrs Maguire and her six co-defendants and (c) the six men convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings; and when he expects to reach a final...