The SDLP leader Mr Mark Durkan today contacted Downing Street to reiterate the need for a full public judicial inquiry now into the murder of Pat Finucane and wider collusion between RUC and British army officers and loyalist paramilitaries to kill suspected republicans.
"I have already spoken to Downing Street to urge the holding of an immediate public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane and the activities of the Force Research Unit," Mr Durkan said.
Canadian Judge Cory was appointed to examine the Finucane and other cases. Both governments have committed to a public judicial inquiry if he recommends one.
However, it was reported today by the BBC that the retired judge objected to the release of the Stevens Report.
According to political sources, Judge Peter Cory believed it intruded on his role which is to recommend whether there should be judicial inquiries into the case of Pat Finucane and five other cases in which collusion has been alleged.
The Canadian judge, who was appointed by the government to look into the cases, has refused to comment on the claims.
Today the SDLP said it does not believe the families of those murdered with state collusion should have to wait until October when the judge is expected to complete his report.
Mr Durkan also criticised the claim by Ulster Unionist leader Mr David Trimble that the security forces were merely "over enthusiastic".
"This was not about some people being over enthusiastic as David Trimble disgracefully suggests. Nor was it just about failing to warn Nationalists. It was about security force involvement in murder. Unionist politicians and the British establishment cannot deny or diminish the true scale of this any longer," Mr Durkan said.