§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in theOfficial Report the number of occasions in the past 10 years when public interest immunity certificates have been issued concerning matters before coroners and other courts preventing officials of his Department and others within the remit of his Department from attending such courts, and to prevent such courts from hearing details of operations, indicating which operations were involved and how many individuals were covered by such certificates.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydIt would not be possible to provide the information sought except at disproportionate cost.