– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 3 December 2008.
Bill Wilson
Scottish National Party
Question S3W-18024
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of concerns that Laurence Connelly Snr and the authors of the report The ICL/Stockline Disaster: An Independent Report on Working Conditions Prior to the Explosion have not been invited to give evidence in the second phase of the ICL/Stockline inquiry and what action it can take in this regard.
Kenny MacAskill
Scottish National Party
The ICL Inquiry is an independent inquiry established jointly by the Scottish ministers and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions under the Inquiries Act 2005, which provides that the way in which the Inquiry is conducted, including decisions about who is called to give evidence, are entirely matters for the Inquiry chairman and it would therefore not be appropriate for ministers to intervene.
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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