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Omagh Bombing Inquiry
P003091 - 09 July 2025
Presentations: 1
Presenters: 1
Northern Ireland
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At a Glance
This petition concerning omagh bombing inquiry was presented to Parliament once by 1 MP.
Issue Summary
The petition calls for access to unreported oral evidence given by Norman Baxter, a former Senior Investigating Officer in the Omagh Bombing investigation, to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in 2009.
Action Requested
The House is requested to make arrangements to supply the transcript of unreported oral evidence taken from Mr Norman Baxter by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on 11 November 2009 to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry.
Key Facts
- Evidence was given in private session and not reported to the House.
- The inquiry includes an allegation that police investigators did not have access to intelligence materials which could have disrupted dissident republican terrorist activities prior to the Omagh Bombing.
Presentation Timeline
MPs presented this petition on the following dates. Each card shows the presenters and any recorded remarks.
Presented
09 July 2025
Tonia Antoniazzi
Lab
Gower
I rise to present a petition on behalf of the Omagh bombing inquiry, which is seeking access to unreported oral evidence given to my predecessors on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in 2009. The petition states:
The petition of the Solicitor to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, Tim Suter
Declares that the independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh Bombing includes within its scope “The allegation made by Norman Baxter (former Senior Investigating Officer in the investigation into the Omagh Bombing) in the course of his evidence to the Northern Ireland Select Committee on 11 November 2009, that police investigators into previous attacks in Moira (20 February 1998), Portadown (9 May 1998), Banbridge (1 August 1998) and Lisburn (30 April 1998) did not have access to intelligence materials which may reasonably enabled them to disrupt the activities of dissident republican terrorists prior to the Omagh Bombing”; and further that evidence was taken from Mr Baxter in private session which was not reported to the House, and that the inquiry has taken advice on the application of Article 9 of the Bill of Rights to its proceedings and will be mindful of the privileges of the House.
The petitioner therefore requests that the House makes arrangements to supply the transcript of unreported oral evidence taken from Mr Norman Baxter by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in private session on 11 November 2009 to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry.
And the petitioner remains, etc.
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