§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out the reason for withholding papers on chemical and biological weapons, and the authority of command of nuclear weapons, beyond 30 years.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThose Ministry of Defence papers which are not already open continue to be withheld from the public domain under the criteria of the Public Records Acts for reasons such as national security. They will be progressively released as their sensitivity lapses.