HC Deb 08 March 1976 vol 907 cc23-4W
Mr. Faulds

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from the Social History Society of the United Kingdom about the availability of Home Office records for study and research and the shortening of the period before they are made available.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

I have received a copy of a resolution passed by the Society at its inaugural conference asking that the records of the Home Office should be made available to bona fide researchers after 50 years. I have replied explaining the present Home Office policy and informing the Society that it is under review.