HC Deb 07 March 1985 vol 74 c540W
Ms. Harman

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) why his Department is keeping files containing information on (a) the personal, (b) the financial and (c) the matrimonial circumstances of Labour councillors on the councils that are, or are going to be, rate capped; and if he will make a statement;

(2) why he has authorised the gathering of information on (a) the personal, (b) the financial and (c) the matrimonial circumstances of Labour councillors on the councils that are, or are going to be, rate capped; from what sources the information is being gathered; and if he will make a statement;

(3) on what authority the information about the personal, financial and matrimonial circumstances of Labour councillors in councils that are, or are going to be, rate capped, which is being collected by him, has been passed to Conservative Central Office.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

No such files are in existence, nor have any arrangements been made to collect such information.