HC Deb 02 April 1984 vol 57 c424W
Mr. Bowen Wells

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will now issue instructions that classified documents of a secrecy such as that of those sent by the Secretary of State for Defence to the Prime Minister and copies to him will no longer be handled by junior officers in his Department.

Mr. Whitney

No. The procedures followed in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the handling of documents of this classification are similar to those in force in other Government Departments.