§ 7. Mr. J. Griffithsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the recently revised security procedure relating to civil servants also applies to non-civil servants employed on secret Government contracts.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftI would refer the right hon. Member to the reply given to the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Grimsby (Mr. Younger) on 12th February.
§ Mr. GriffithsAm I not right in saying that, as that reply was favourable, the Government would be prepared to apply these revised regulations to non-civil servants?
§ Mr. ThorneycroftIn effect, the same principles do apply, but it is not possible to say that they are absolutely identical because the cases are different; but, in principle, they do apply.