Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many representatives of his Department were in communication with the chairman of the Civil Service Appeals Board regarding Mr. Colin Wallace's appeal;
(2) what was the content of the communication that took place between representatives of his Department and the chairman of the Civil Service Appeals Board regarding Mr. Colin Wallace's appeal;
(3) what were the Civil Service grades of the representatives of his Department who were in communication with the chairman of the Civil Service Appeals Board regarding Mr. Colin Wallace's appeal;
(4) what was the purpose of the communication that took place between the chairman of the Civil Service Appeals Board and representatives of his Department regarding Mr. Colin Wallace's appeal.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonI have nothing to add to my letter of 13 September to my hon. Friend the Member for Arundel (Sir M. Marshall), a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he first became aware of the fact that representatives of his Department had been in private communication with the chairman of the Civil Service Appeals Board regarding Mr. Colin Wallace's appeal.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonMy right hon. Friend and I were informed in September 1989 of the private communications which took place in 1975 and to which Mr. Calcutt has referred.