CHRISTOPHER ALDER

Early day motion 1006, tabled 20 April 2004 by Peter Pike (Labour). Signed by 55 members.

That this House congratulates the BBC on the programme, Death on Camera, regarding the death of Christopher Alder in a police station in Hull in 1992; believes that all the circumstances that led to his death that night should be fully considered by a public inquiry also involving all subsequent actions by the Police Complaints Authority, Crown Prosecution Service and others since that date; believes that an inquest verdict of unlawful killing cannot be reconciled with no action being taken against the police involved; and congratulates Janet Alder Lee, Burnley sister of Christopher, for never giving up the fight for a public inquiry for justice to be seen to be done in this case.

Signatures by party: Labour 43, Liberal Democrat 7, Plaid Cymru 3, Labour/Co-operative 2.