§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what have been the dates of employment of his special advisers since his appointment. [21934]
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is as follows:
Name Joined the Department Left the Department Perry Miller April 1992 February 1993 Crispin Blunt February 1993 Employment continuing.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what instructions his special adviser has given to his Department's civil servants to make inquiries of a political nature concerning the policies of the Labour party; and on what authority. [21933]
§ Mr. RifkindThe special adviser has not given any instructions to my Department to make inquiries about the policies of the Labour party. Following the hon. Member for South Shield's lecture to the Royal United Services Institute, on 1 March, the special adviser asked a member of the parliamentary office to ask the hon. Member's office the exact date of his resignation from the Opposition Front Bench.