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<p>Having considered the Hansard record of the debate of 17 January 2024 titled <em>Sir
Edward Heath: Operation Conifer, </em>the Government has no plans to commission a
review of either the conduct of the investigation into allegations made against Sir
Edward Heath or the findings of that investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The Operation Conifer
investigation has already been subject to considerable external scrutiny, and its
Summary Closure Report emphasises that no inference of guilt should be drawn from
the fact that, had he been alive, Sir Edward Heath would have been interviewed under
caution concerning seven allegations to obtain his account of events.</p>
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