HC Deb 08 December 1980 vol 995 c261W
Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report those documents which he has released under section 5(1) of the Public Records Act within the 30-year time limit.

Sir George Young

My right hon. Friend has no power under section 5(1) of the Public Records Act to release documents within the 30 year period; and, since May 1979, he has not requested my noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor to release any documents within that period.

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