§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Attorney-General if he will give the reasons for the embargo of 75 years that was placed on the following files in the Public Record Office: MH55 reference numbers 1749, 1760 and 1761; and if the Lord Chancellor will now remove the embargo.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe first file referred to, MH55/1749, has been closed for 75 years in accordance with the established criteria set out in paragraphs 24 to 27 of the White Paper "Modern Public Records, Cmnd. 8531, March 1982." There are no plans to reduce the file's closure period. MH55/1760 has been open to public inspection since 1986. MH55/1761 is not available for public inspection because its contents are not yet 30 years old.