HC Deb 05 May 1972 vol 836 cc241-2W
Mr. Mason

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to what persons outside the Government the inter-Departmental report on the future of Great Britain's aerospace industry, chaired by Sir Robert Marshall, has been shown; whether this was with his authority; and if, in view of the details supplied to him, he will investigate the leak procedure.

Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to what persons outside the Government the inter-Departmental report on the future of Great Britain's aerospace industry, chaired by Sir Robert Marshall, has been shown; whether this was with his authority; and if, in view of the details supplied to him, he will investigate the leak procedure.

Mr. Michael Heseltine:

I have no reason to suppose that copies of the report have been shown to anyone outside the Government. The details provided do not in my view amount to prima facie evidence of a leak.

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