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Records of the Report of the Committee of Privy Counsellors appointed to consider...
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The papers of the Committee of Privy Counsellors appointed to consider authorised procedures for the interrogation of persons suspected of terrorism, papers and evidence are in RV 1.
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RV
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Report of the Committee of Privy Counsellors appointed to consider authorised procedures for the interrogation of persons suspected of terrorism (Parker Inquiry)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1971-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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The papers of the Committee of Privy Counsellors appointed to consider authorised procedures for the interrogation of persons suspected of terrorism, papers and evidence are in RV 1.
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The final report presented to the Prime Minister can be found in PREM 15/1035
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Committee of Privy Counsellors appointed to consider authorised procedures for the interrogation of persons suspected of terrorism, 1971-1972
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 series
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Cabinet Office
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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On 16 November 1971 the Home Secretary, The Right Honourable Reginald Maudling MP, announced that a committee of three Privy Counsellors would be set up to investigate interrogation procedures. The inquiry was a response to Sir Edmund Compton's report into allegations of brutality by the security forces in Northern Ireland. One of the conclusions of which was that some of the procedures used in interrogation amounted to physical ill-treatment. The remit of the Parker Inquiry was: 'to consider whether, and if so what respects, the procedures currently authorised for the interrogation of persons suspected of terrorism and for their custody while subject to interrogation require amendment.'
The Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Edward Heath MP, appointed Lord Parker of Waddington to chair the committee. Mr John Boyd-Carpenter was nominated as the Conservative Privy Counsellor, and Lord Gardner was nominated by the Opposition to be the third Privy Counsellor.
The first meeting of the committee was held on 3 December 1971 and a number of further meetings were held thereafter. On 31 January 1972 the final report was delivered to the Prime Minister. The report consisted of both a majority report, authored by Lord Parker and Mr Boyd-Carpenter, and a minority report authored by Lord Gardiner.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Report published as Command Paper 4901
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C369/
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Records of the Report of the Committee of Privy Counsellors appointed to consider authorised procedures for the interrogation of persons suspected of terrorism (Parker Inquiry)