HC Deb 07 February 1990 vol 166 c668W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Arundel (Mr. Marshall) of 30 January,Official Report, columns 110–13, if he will establish an internal inquiry into the reasons why certain relevant records were not made available to Ministers; and what steps he is taking to ensure that there is no recurrence of such circumstances.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State told the House on 1 February, an inquiry is in hand within the MOD into how papers were overlooked and the outcome will be reported to the House.