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Full, searchable transcripts of the oral evidence given to the Inquiry by 90 witnesses over 59 days of hearings in Part 1. This includes statements or testimony by the Lawrences, Duwayne Brooks, police officers of all ranks, the prime suspects, lawyers, witnesses and experts.

This material is available here for the first time online and in searchable form.For the past 20 years it could only be accessed in hard copy form by visitors in person to the National Archives at Kew. (With additional resources we aim to add the transcripts of Part 2.)

The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report Inquiry Transcriptions Additional Documents: The Report's Appendices Metropolitan Police Submission The Case of Stephen Lawrence by Brian Cathcart

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Year	Title	Publication
	Doreen Lawrence’s statements to the Inquiry	Doreen Lawrence’s statements to the Inquiry
	Neville Lawrence’s statements to the Inquiry	Neville Lawrence’s statements to the Inquiry
	Duwayne Brooks’s statements to the Inquiry	Duwayne Brooks’s statements to the Inquiry
	The Barker Review	The Barker Review
	Transcript of surveillance video of the suspects	Transcript of surveillance video of the suspects (Contains highly offensive content)
	Official brief history of the Inquiry	Official brief history of the Inquiry
	Transcript of preliminary Inquiry hearing, October 1997	Transcript of preliminary Inquiry hearing, October 1997
	Transcript of Inquiry session of 16 March 1997	Transcript of Inquiry session of 16 March 1997
	Transcript of opening statements to Inquiry, 24 March 1997	Transcript of opening statements to Inquiry, 24 March 1997
1997	Report by the Police Complaints Authority	Report by the Police Complaints Authority

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The Case of Stephen Lawrence by Brian Cathcart

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I want this report to serve as a watershed in our attitudes to racism. I want it to act as a catalyst for permanent and irrevocable change... The vision is clear: we must create a society in which every individual, regardless or colour, creed or race, has the same opportunities and respect.

Home Secretary Jack Straw on the day the Macpherson Report was published.

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