HC Deb 24 February 1983 vol 37 cc1051-2
Q2. Mr. Murphy

asked the Prime Minister if she has any plans to visit Brookmans park.

The Prime Minister

I have at present no plans to do so.

Mr. Murphy

On behalf of my constituents may I ask my right hon. Friend to comment on the former Labour Government's advertising campaign on defence, which said: While we work for a lasting peace, we have to have nuclear weapons?

The Prime Minister

Yes. I remember words to that effect in the great advertising campaign that was inaugurated and carried through by the Labour Government of 1969, in support of Polaris missiles, of which some of the members of that Government did not approve. Words to that effect were used in that advertisement and, if I might say so, while we have the threat that we have from the Soviet Union, those words are as true today as they were then.

Mr. Weetch

In view of the nauseating publicity, especially in the tabloid newspapers, about the private life of the Royal family, and, indeed, about others, does the Prime Minister agree that it is high time that we had a Right to Privacy Act—[Interruption]

Mr. Speaker

Order. Has the hon. Gentleman read question No. 2, which relates to Brookmans park?

Mr. Weetch

—which could be extended to the people in Brookmans park? Does the Prime Minister agree that it is high time that we had a Right to Privacy Act, so that the families of many people could be protected from the predators of the media?

The Prime Minister

I believe that that was dealt with in a private Member's suggestion in the House last week, and the House voted on that measure. I have nothing to say about what the hon. Gentleman said at the beginning of his question. I understand that the matter is sub judice.

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