HC Deb 10 July 1984 vol 63 c485W
Mr. Cohen

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will define parliamentary democracy in the context of the current definition of subversion used by his Department.

Mr. Brittan

The term bears its usual meaning of the constitutional principles and institutions which provide for government in accordance with the freely-expressed will of the people; the maintenance of the rule of law; and the preservation of the liberties of the individual.