HC Deb 27 February 1935 vol 298 c1126
61. Miss WARD

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the report of the Royal Commission on the University of Durham will be available for Members of Parliament?

The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir John Gilmour)

The report will be available to Members this afternoon.

Mr. STOREY

Can my right hon. Friend explain the circumstances in which the recommendations of this Royal Commission were disclosed to a North of England newspaper on Monday last?

Sir J. GILMOUR

All that I know is that, while such reports are generally, as I understand, laid in dummy, this one was laid in the original, and had been available in the Library for several days before anything appeared in the newspapers.