by The Police Essex Police chose to investiAuthority gate Roger, the victim, in an attempt to blame him for his own death." The Police Complaints fundamental Authority, flaws in this investigation. with the Essex investigation, issued an 'interim statement' on 21 and Police October 1999 and the files were passed to the Crown Prosecution took until November this year to decide ... that no action would be taken. about the opies Police's the Police Coroner Authority /Police Metropolitan Commissioner. Neither the conduct the investigation. family nor their lawyers will see all of the Investigating officer's final report, as it is covered by public interest immunity. Sylvester on Despite a Home Office circular last year recommending release of at least part of an investigating report to bereaved families, this seems unlikely to hapfamily about the conduct of pen. the initial investigating offi- An inquest with a jury will Service who of the discredited system.
of the file also went to the and the TGWU remitted his motion on this basis. to be made by December 22.
completed points activists need to inake. officer's wards. At both the national Policy Forum in July and at October's Labour Party Conference, the Blair leadership's response to criticism of the outrageous voucher scheme for asylum seekers was to offer a Sadly rather than responding that no review was needed and that the system should be scrapped forthwith. Bill Morris of the Since then no public statement has been made either by the Labour Party leadership or the government on vouchers. But tucked away in the pages of Hansard, campaigners have just found that the review was launched on October 26. Submissions have While the form provided asks people to restrict themselves to the questions asked, the final one ("Do you have any other comments on the voucher scheme?") obviously gives scope for all the As the government has said that it is inviting representations from "all relevant stakeholders and interested parties", it is vital that all anti-racist campaigners respond. This is even more important given the fact that all submissions will be published after-or further information contact the Campaign to defend Asylum beekers. BCM Box 4289. London WCIN 3XX. 07958 478 628