HC Deb 18 October 1971 vol 823 cc46-7W
39. Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Attorney-General why Mr. James Doyle, a former employee with the British Aircraft Corporation, engaged on work connected with Concorde, who has voluntarily admitted selling secrets to the Russians was not prosecuted.

The Attorney-General

The Director of Public Prosecutions consulted me about the possibility of a prosecution under the Official Secrets Act. We decided that, on the evidence which was placed before us, a prosecution would be unlikely to succeed and that criminal proceedings should not be instituted.