Written Question · S1W-08362 · Session 1
What response it will give to the comments of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence, Dr Lewis Moonie on 27 …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what response it will give to the comments of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence, Dr Lewis Moonie on 27 June 2000, that there had been negligence on the part of the pilots leading to the crash of the RAF Chinook Helicopter on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994; whether it will review its own previous declared position that the findings of the fatal accident inquiry should stand, and whether it will make representations to Her Majesty's Government on this issue.
The answer
I would refer to the answer given in S1W-8286.My responsibilities in relation to this tragedy were to ask Crown Counsel to consider the other information published since the Fatal Accident Inquiry in 1996. Crown Counsel concluded that there was no basis for seeking to re-open the Fatal Accident Inquiry, even if such a step were legally competent.I have no other responsibility in relation to the tragedy, other than under the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976. The Ministry of Defence are aware of my decision in this matter.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-08362 by reference.