§ Q10. Mr. Dalyellasked the Prime Minister if she will make it her policy when answering questions on her role in the matter of the Solicitor-General's letter on Westlands by reference to an earlier reply, to detail the precise column in the Official Report where the specific information requested can be found in her ealier reply.
§ Mr. BiffenI have been asked to reply.
As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister told the hon. Gentleman on 17 November, full accounts of the Westland issue have already been given by her and other Ministers in statements in Parliament, speeches in debates and answers to parliamentary questions, and by the head of the home Civil Service in his evidence to the Defence Committee. The Government stand by those accounts, and see no reason to qualify or add to them; and that will continue to be our policy.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Prime Minister what specific evidence was available to the Cabinet Secretary which led him to believe that officials did not understand what they were being asked to do in relation to giving information on the Solicitor-General's letter of 6 January to the Press Association.
§ Mr. BiffenI have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave him on 17 November at columns 49–50.