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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his statement of 13 January 2004, Official Report, column 690, on the National Audit Office Report on Operation Telic, when he gave Mrs. Samantha Roberts, a (a) summary of the incident in which her husband died and (b) ballistics report; when he met Mrs. Roberts; when the Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch report into Sergeant Roberts' death will be published; and when the Army Board of Inquiry into Sergeant Roberts' death will be convened. [149539] Mr. Hoon: Mrs. Roberts was provided with a summary of the incident on 18 June 2003 by the Casualty Visiting Officer. A report summary of the weapons test was passed to Mrs. Roberts in December 2003. I met Mrs. Roberts, together with other members of Sergeant Roberts' family, on 15 October 2003 and 19 January 2004. It is not clear when the Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch investigation will conclude, but a briefing will be offered to Mrs. Roberts as soon as is practicable, once the SIB's findings are known. A Board of Inquiry will be convened when the SIB investigation has concluded.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

416 c1392-3W; 149539

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Disclosure of information Armed forces Death Army Inquiries Information Military police National Audit Office Roberts, Steven

Link

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