Letter to the Rt Hon Paul Murphey MP, Secretary of State for Wales
Letter to the Rt Hon Paul Murphey MP, Secretary of State for Wales regarding the Tribunal of Inquiry into Child Abuse in Northern Wales ; 30 September 1999
Tribunal of Inquiry into Child Abuse in North Wales
The Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP
Secretary of State for Wales
Gwydyr House
Whitehall
London
SW1A 2ER
30 September 1999
Dear Secretary of State
On 20 June 1996 it was resolved by both Houses of Parliament that it was expedient that a tribunal be established for inquiring into the abuse of children in care in the former county council areas of Gwynedd and Clwyd since 1974.
On 30 August 1996 your predecessor, the Rt Hon William Hague MP, appointed us, by a Warrant of Appointment, to be a Tribunal for the purpose of this Inquiry and declared that the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921 should apply to the Tribunal, which was constituted as a Tribunal within the meaning of section 1 of that Act.
We have carried out the Inquiry and now have the honour to submit our report.
We acknowledge and express our gratitude to the many persons who have helped us in this very wide-ranging investigation in Appendix 1 to report. Here, however, we wish to mention particularly Sir Ronald Hadfield QPM, DL, who was appointed by your predecessor as an assessor to the Tribunal to advise us in respect of police matters and whose assistance has been invaluable.
