HC Deb 29 March 1984 vol 57 c298W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Defence why he has blocked the application by J.L.C. Data of Barnsley for a patent to protect the system it has devised to prevent the piracy of software and the illegal access to private information on other people's computers; and in what way he believes this invention could prejudice the defence of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Pattie

I shall answer shortly.