§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of the Board of Trade who was the independent QC called in to advise the Secretary of State on the DTI report on Lord Archer of Weston—super—Mare's share dealing in the Anglian TV shares; and what instructions he was given.
§ Mr. HeseltineI was advised on this matter by Mr. Edmund Lawson QC. I am not prepared to disclose the instructions which he was given. These instructions and the advice which he gave were confidential, and to disclose them would involve disclosing the substance of the inspectors report, for which there is no provision in the Act.