HC Deb 08 February 1968 vol 758 cc216-7W
71. Mr. Edelman

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will define the circumstances in which serving officers.

including those attached to Allied Commands, are authorised to make policy statements to the Press, radio of television.

Mr. Healey

So far as concerns serving officers holding national appointments, the circumstances are defined in the appropriate Queen's Regulations for each Service, supplemented by appropriate instructions from time to time.

The policy governing the issue of public statements by officers serving in Allied Commands under N.A.T.O. is a matter for that organisation.