HC Deb 11 May 1916 vol 82 cc923-4
53. Commander BELLAIRS

asked the Prime Minister whether Cabinet Ministers who become private Members are allowed when leaving office to take with them documents, or copies of documents, which continue to be of so confidential a character that the information they contain cannot be given to this House?

The PRIME MINISTER

I am not aware of any rule or practice which would debar a Cabinet Minister from taking such a course.

Mr. HOGGE

Will the Prime Minister say whether, under the Regulations, he can secure that the papers left by the right hon. Member for Dundee (Colonel Churchill) in the posession of the Attorney-General will be seized in order to prevent their being disclosed?