HC Deb 14 February 1986 vol 91 cc585-6W
Mr. Meadowcroft

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry under what authority the former Secretary of State acted in giving authority on 6 January for the disclosure of parts of the Solicitor-General's letter of 6 January to the then Secretary of State for Defence.

Mr. Channon

The circumstances have been fully set out by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister in her statement on 23 January and in the debate on 27 January.