§ Q5. Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Prime Minister if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the names of all those questioned in the course of the Lord Chancellor's inquiry into the security aspects of the Profumo affair.
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir.
§ Mr. HamiltonI can see the point about the invidious character of giving in an answer the names of people who are questioned, but can the Prime Minister tell the House how many in total were asked questions by Lord Dilhorne? Can he further tell us why he and the whole of the Cabinet, presumably, were completely satisfied with roughly a fortnight's investigation of the security aspects of the affair when it has taken them twelve years to find out about Mr. Philby?
§ The Prime MinisterThe Report made by the Lord Chancellor was confidential. I showed a copy of it to the Leader of the Opposition, which seemed to me the proper procedure. The position now is that Lord Denning is conducting a judicial inquiry.