the crown prosecution service then reviewed the material provided to the crown prosecution service by the police to satisfy itself that of corporate actions had been taken with respect to the material. the crown prosecution service were satisfied that the charging and prosecution was proper and it would not be appropriate to reopen the cases. it also concluded that any new information should be reported to the police for further investigation. i give way to the right honorable gentleman. >> i am grateful to the minister for giving way. it is being reported in the news this afternoon that the former director for the prosecution has been appointed by news international to advise it on those issues to do with the police at this time. >> outrageous. >> does the minister think it is important? is there any thought from the government? >> as i am not sure that what the honorable gentleman has said is correct, i think i am not minded -- i am not minded to comment on it. my understanding of the matter -- my understanding of the matter is that lord macdonald had been appointed by news of the w

head i did a freedom of information request the crown prosecutor prosecution service about that murder at a bus stop and i asked why it wasn't treated as a racist attack as it was in the first place and the reason was because it wasn't right wing nationalist as you like to call them who perpetrated that murder it was a group of local youths had nothing to do with any right wing groups a tour and the crown prosecution service actually obfuscated all the requests side made and in the end they said they were going going to give me no information because it. was it was concerned with the case notes and they were tracks people like people like the leader of the e.t.l. they admire i mean he wasn't a national television it green with many of the messages out of the fifteen hundred words he only disagreed with one thing which was the terrorist act itself but he agreed with everything else the rhetoric was there and then before he finished he categorically issued a threat saying in five years' time this is going to happen unless you wake up unless you wake up it is that the this is the other th

the crown prosecution service then reviewed the material provided to the crown prosecution service by the police to satisfy itself that of corporate actions had been taken with respect to the material. the crown prosecution service were satisfied that the charging and prosecution was proper and it would not be appropriate to reopen the cases. it also concluded that any new information should be reported to the police for further investigation. i give way to the right honorable gentleman. >> i am grateful to the minister for giving way. it is being reported in the news this afternoon that the former director for the prosecution has been appointed by news international to advise it on those issues to do with the police at this time. >> outrageous. >> does the minister think it is important? is there any thought from the government? >> as i am not sure that what the honorable gentleman has said is correct, i think i am not minded -- i am not minded to comment on it. my understanding of the matter -- my understanding of the matter is that lord macdonald had been appointed by news of the w

pared the letters that were sent from the metropolitan police were put together with the crown prosecution service. i know that the people were looking at this were very frustrated at finding what they thought was a legal impasse. >> or they subjected to an exhaustive analysis, the photographs? >> given the complete lack of cooperation from news international, the only way to get into this was an exhaustive analysis of all that material. i've already explained that because of the range of other life-threatening activities going on at the time in terms of terrorist attacks, i took the decision that this did not justified. >> i'm sure that you can appreciate that your willingness but the prosecution happen. >> it is a banal point, but would you expect criminals to investigate -- cooperate with the police? of course you do not. i do not mean to be flippant. this is the global organization with access to the best legal advice. in my view, deliberately trying to thwart a criminal investigation. >> you think that news international may have a case? >> i am correct -- i am sure that i cannot say. i'm sur

pared the letters that were sent from the metropolitan police were put together with the crown prosecution service that the people were looking at this were very frustrated at finding what they thought was a legal impasse. >> or they subjected to an exhaustive analysis, the photographs? >> given the complete lack of cooperation from news international, the only way to get into this was an exhaustive analysis of all that material. i've already explained that because of the range of other life-threatening activities going on at the time in terms of terrorist attacks, i took the decision that this did not justified. >> i'm sure that you can appreciate that your willingness but the prosecution happen. >> it is a banal point, but would you expect criminals to investigate -- cooperate with the police? of course you do not. i do not mean to be flippant. this is the global organization with access to the best legal advice. in my view, deliberately trying to thwart a criminal investigation. >> you think that news international may have a case? >> i am correct -- i am sure that i cannot say. i'm sure they w