Birmingham Six (No.1)
EDM number 917 in 1989-90, proposed by Chris Mullin on 30/04/1990.
That this House notes the recent statement by the outgoing Chief constable of the West Midlands police, Mr Geoffrey Dear, that his belief in the guilt of the six men convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings is now stronger than ever; recalls that, according to Mr Justice Bridge, the two planks of the case against the six men were forensic evidence supplied by the Home Office scientist, Dr Frank Skuse, and confessions in the custody of police officers who were mainly members of the Serious Crimes Squad; notes that Dr Skuse has since been required to resign at the age of 51 for limited effectiveness and that most of his evidence in the Birmingham pub bombings case was set aside by the Court of Appeal in 1988; also notes that the West Midlands Serious Crimes Squad has since been disbanded after about 20 people who had confessed in the custody of officers from the Squad were either acquitted, had charges against them dropped or were released on appeal; further notes that in October 1989 the four persons convicted of the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings had their convictions quashed after their confessions in police custody were found to have been fabricated; finally notes the recent publication of a document, dated November 1975, from police archives quoting an IRA informer, whose information was accurate in every other respect, as supplying the name of a man who placed one of the pub bombs; and invites Mr Dear to explain the basis for his increased certainty in the light of the above.
This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Chris Mullin | 30/04/1990 | Sunderland South | Proposed | |
Max Madden | 01/05/1990 | Bradford West | Signed | |
Robert Parry | 01/05/1990 | Liverpool, Riverside | Signed | |
Clare Short | 01/05/1990 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Signed | |
Harry Barnes | 01/05/1990 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
Alice Mahon | 02/05/1990 | Halifax | Signed | |
Mike Watson | 02/05/1990 | Glasgow Central | Signed | |
Terry Davis | 02/05/1990 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Signed | |
Keith Bradley | 02/05/1990 | Manchester, Withington | Signed | |
Peter Hardy | 02/05/1990 | Wentworth | Signed | |
Chris Smith | 02/05/1990 | Islington South & Finsbury | Signed | |
Dennis Skinner | 02/05/1990 | Bolsover | Signed | |
John Reid | 02/05/1990 | Motherwell North | Signed | |
Dawn Primarolo | 02/05/1990 | Bristol South | Signed | |
Eric Illsley | 09/05/1990 | Barnsley Central | Signed | |
Bill Michie | 09/05/1990 | Sheffield, Heeley | Signed | |
Jeremy Corbyn | 10/05/1990 | Islington North | Signed | |
Tommy Graham | 15/05/1990 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed | |
Jack Thompson | 16/05/1990 | Wansbeck | Signed | |
Clive Soley | 22/05/1990 | Hammersmith | Signed |
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