§ Sir Knox Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Defence what investigation he has carried out into the loss of the confidential Ministry of Defence (Army) document found in a public place by Miss Elaine Bishop; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BoydenThe documents found at Greenwich on 3rd April, 1967, were from the same consignment to which I referred in my Answer to the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Mr. Powell) on 15th March, 1967.
These documents which were unlawfully removed from the private premises of Messrs. Maybanks had not been handed in to the police. They were unlawfully retained until they were dumped on a nearby building site.—[Vol. 743, c. 114–5]