HC Deb 19 July 1993 vol 229 c17W
Mr. Gapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what classes of information concerning the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie have not yet been released(a) to the relatives of the victims and (b) into the public domain.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Information of the following nature has not been released to the relatives of victims or otherwise into the public domain(1) information the protection of which is necessary to ensure effective security at present and in the future in the United Kingdom; (2) information the disclosure of which would impair the effective investigation, detection and prosecution of crime in general; (3) information which is relevant to questions of criminal responsibility which may arise in criminal proceedings and the disclosure of which might prejudice criminal proceedings.