§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Attorney-General why there has been no reply to the letter dated 18 January, addressed to his right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science but transferred to the Lord Chancellor, from the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury concerning the location of the Public Record Office.
The Solicitor-GeneralThe Lord Chancellor is not yet in a position to send a substantive reply. I refer the hon. Member to the replies given to the hon. Member for Warley, East (Mr. Faulds) on 25 April 1980—[Vol. 984, c. 275]— 245W and the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr. Bidwell) on 10 July 1980.—[Vol. 988, c. 233.]