At Prime Minister's Questions, Andrew Rosindell M.P. used the opportunity to call on Sir Keir Starmer to u-turn on yesterday's decision to prevent an inquiry into the death of his dear friend, Sir David Amess. Sir David's family have been campaigning for years to have a proper public inquiry into this tragic affair, and it is about time the Government heeds the call.
As the Leader of the Opposition has mentioned, the Prime Minister will meet today the family of our dear late colleague, Sir David Amess, who was so brutally murdered at his constituency surgery three and a half years ago. I plead with the Prime Minister to reverse the decision to deny the family a public inquiry, despite similar inquiries being held into other tragic instances. Will he please stop this shameful saga and heed the call from the Amess family—a heartbroken family—for a judge-led public inquiry into David’s death and the related failure of the Prevent programme?
Andrew Rosindell M.P., Member of Parliament for Romford
May I acknowledge just how heartbroken they are? It is difficult to imagine what they have gone through and what they continue to go through. That is why it is very important that I meet them this afternoon, which I will, to discuss all the questions they want to raise with me. Sir David was a colleague respected and loved across the House. As I say, I absolutely understand how his family must feel about the tragic circumstances in which he died and everything that followed thereafter.
The Rt Hon. Sir Keir Starmer M.P., Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
