HC Deb 11 July 1988 vol 137 c75W
Mr. Richard Shepherd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will issue a directive to the director general of MI6 setting out the parameters of lawful activity, along the lines of the Maxwell Fyfe directive of 24 September 1952; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Mellor

It has been the long-established practice of this and previous Governments not to comment on such matters.

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