HC Deb 20 February 1990 vol 167 cc675-6W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the statement of the Minister of State for the Armed Forces in the Adjournment debate of 12 February,Official Report, column 116, to whose discretion and at what level the release of classified documents in Northern Ireland is left.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Management of classified documents in Army units in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the general officer commanding, who exercises that responsibility in accordance with the manual of army security and Queen's regulations for the Army.