HL Deb 09 February 1981 vol 417 cc124-5WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will obtain copies of the "special volume" referred to in the International Court of Justice Judgment of 9th April 1949 on the Corfu Channel case, Volume 1, page 52, and place them in the Library of each House; and whether they will publish a list of the documents relating to the case which have not been published, giving in each case the number of years for which it is to be withheld from publication.

Lord Carrington

New copies of the "special volume" can no longer be obtained. A copy is available at the Public Record Office in class ADM 116/5541. One hundred and one items of Foreign Office records and six of Admiralty records from 1946 to 1950 have been withheld under Section 5(1) of the Public Records Acts of 1958 and 1967. Twelve are retained in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office under Section 3(4) for a period yet to be determined. It would not be appropriate to publish a detailed list.