Inquests

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons am 2:30 pm ar 12 Ionawr 2009.

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Photo of Robert Key Robert Key Ceidwadwyr, Salisbury 2:30, 12 Ionawr 2009

Fallen service personnel are repatriated through Lyneham in the constituency of my hon. Friend Mr. Gray. The office and office staff, however, are in Salisbury. The retiring coroner said last week that he feared for the future of the coroner service in Wiltshire because a decision was made with no consultation to move the office and staff from Salisbury to Devizes, the excellent constituency of my right hon. and learned Friend Mr. Ancram, who is in his place. The coroner fears that the expertise of those staff will be entirely lost. It is a complex and difficult situation involving relations with the military. Will the Minister undertake to look very closely at the future of the coroner service in Wiltshire to ensure that a service that serves the nation is not lost but, far from that, is enhanced?