§ Dr. TwinnTo ask the Attorney-General if he will make a statement on his correspondence with the hon. Member for Hampshire, East (Mr. Mates) relating to the Serious Fraud Office.
§ The Attorney-GeneralFurther to my statement, these documents are being published today under the Parliamentary Papers Act 1840 pursuant to a motion of the House. They include letters and meeting notes together with material enclosed with those letters or left with me at meetings. One small deletion falling outside the two categories which I explained to the House yesterday would have to be edited has been made to a meeting note. The reason is the need to avoid prejudicing any criminal proceedings flowing from an investigation unrelated to the Polly Peck case. In addition I have omitted transcripts of a hearing at the Central Criminal Court left with me by Mr. Mates.
Whilst the matters covered in those transcripts do not fall within either of the categories referred to by me yesterday, the transcripts relate to proceedings in chambers and thus should not be published without the leave of the judge.