21.   They wished to proceed with demolition and a public inquiry was held.

22.   We have had to fight for a public inquiry and we have had to fight for everything.

23.   Without delving into the legal niceties too deeply, the procedure of a public inquiry generally takes the following form.

24.   Yet they were not consulted before the project started and there has been no public inquiry of any kind.

25.   A group representing families of the British victims of the disaster handed in a petition to the Prime Minister calling for a public inquiry.

26.   Gordon Brown has demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.

27.   The National Heritage Committee has conducted a public inquiry to find the answer.

28.   But that was purely in the alternative to a public inquiry in the first instance with the possibility of alternative means of disposal coming forward and being accepted.

29.   Staff attend public inquiries and examinations, often time consuming and very expensive.