Priti Patel withheld some documents from Novichok public inquiry
By Tom Symonds & PA MediaPriti Patel restricted the disclosure of "a small set of documents" from an inquiry into the death of a woman poisoned by Novichok, it has emerged.a former Russian spy and his daughterPublic inquiry chair Lord Hughes said the immediate circumstances of her death would be dealt with in Salisbury.The former home secretary signed a restriction notice on 27 July "without consultation", a pre-inquiry review was told earlier.
"In most cases it ought to be you and not the Secretary of State who takes the decision," Andrew O'Connor KC, counsel to the inquiry, told Lord Hughes. Michael Mansfield KC, the lawyer acting on behalf of Ms Sturgess' family, said they were "whistling and dancing in the dark".
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