HC Deb 24 June 1992 vol 210 cc229-30W
Ms. Abbott

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what access the public and news media are giving to hearings before commanding officers; and what means they have of knowing when such hearings are to take place.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Unlike in the case of courts martial, the public and news media have no access to hearings before commanding officers. The services do not inform the public or news media when such hearings are to take place.