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Mr. William Ross
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date he received a full report of the shootings by Michael Ryan in Hungerford; whether he sought further information; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg
The chief constable's full report on the police handling of the Hungerford incident was received on 1 October 1987. My right hon. Friend did not ask for any further information. He did, however, arrange for Her Majesty's inspector of constabulary to discuss some of the issues raised in the report with the chief constable and to identify any lessons which the police service as a whole might learn from the incident. Her Majesty's inspector's report is expected shortly.