§ 64. Mr. Skinnerasked the Attorney-General what further inquiries undertaken by his Department have not yet been completed.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI have nothing to add to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend on 9th June.—[Vol. 893, c. 23–4.]
§ Mr. SkinnerWill my right hon. and learned Friend make a further comment about the long-running Poulson saga? Is he prepared to refute recent comments made by Dr. Kenneth Williams in an interview with a Daily Telegraph correspondent on Monday last week, in which he appears to suggest that Scotland Yard has made no attempt to contact him regarding the hospital building in Malta? Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that it was somewhat hypocritical of some sections of the Press to attack him for answering an hon. Member's letter in specific terms when many of those same newspapers were very quick to report in full the Abela proceedings in Malta, even to the extent of printing verbatim the contents of letters sent by the right hon. Member for Chipping Barnet (Mr. Maudling) on the matter of the hospital building at that time?
§ The Attorney-GeneralIn answer to the second part of my hon. Friend's question, I had noticed the same aspects of this matter. As far as Dr. Williams is concerned, I answered my hon. Friend's question and that reply was published. My answer was accurate. I cannot speak for Dr. Williams.