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Dear [MP’s Name],

I am writing as your constituent to ask for your urgent assistance in raising serious concerns with the Prime Minister regarding the Ministry of Defence’s handling of the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash and its ongoing engagement with the families represented by the Chinook Justice Campaign.

After 31 years, Ministers met with the families from the campaign last December. At that meeting, they acknowledged the service of those who lost their lives and gave assurances that the evidence presented by the families would be properly considered. They also recognised that the families are not seeking answers about the technical cause of the crash, but about the circumstances that led to their loved ones being placed on an aircraft they believe was not airworthy. A clear commitment was made to ongoing and constructive dialogue. However, these assurances have been broken.

Since that meeting, there has been no substantive response to the families. Instead, shortly after the families formally requested that certain distressing language no longer be used, the Ministry of Defence repeated that same language in a public statement to the media—asserting that there is “no new evidence” regarding the cause of the crash.

This statement was made without any prior engagement with the families, despite the commitment to ongoing dialogue. The decision to communicate publicly rather than directly has caused significant distress and undermined trust. It also misrepresents the families’ position, which is focused on accountability for the decisions that led to the crash—not a re-litigation of its technical cause.

For more than three decades, the families have sought answers about responsibility and accountability. These questions remain unresolved.

I therefore ask that you:

• Raise this matter directly with the Prime Minister;

• Urge the Prime Minister to intervene to ensure the Ministry of Defence re-engages properly and respectfully with the families;

• Support the involvement of the Victims’ Minister to formally represent the families’ interests; and• Press for a renewed commitment to transparency and accountability, by setting up an independent judge led review into the circumstances surrounding the disaster.

• Request that Mull of Kintyre Chinook Crash is used as a test case for Hillsborough Law when the Bill is passed

The treatment of these families raises serious concerns about fairness, accountability, and the duty owed to those who have lost loved ones in service to this country.

I would be grateful if you could confirm what steps you will take in response, and whether you will write to the Prime Minister on this matter.

Yours sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Address]