§ 38. Mr. Fauldsasked the Attorney-General whether he will review, with the purpose of reducing it, the 100-year rule under Section 5(1) of the Public Records Act 1958.
The Attorney-GeneralThe Public Record Office, at the request of the Advi-176W sory Council on Public Records, has asked a number of Departments to review the need to withhold documents for this length of time. This is being done. Considerable progress in reducing it has already been made.