§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Prime Minister who authorised the approach by police to the journalist, David Johnston, of Radio Forth, to be offered the facility of direct communication with the then Prime Minister, in order to induce him to reveal the source of certain information relating to Lockerbie in December 1988.
§ Mr. NewtonI have been asked to reply.
As has been repeatedly made clear it is not appropriate for the investigating authorities to give details of investigative steps which have been taken.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Prime Minister if he will discuss with Chancellor Kohl attempts by the Bundeskriminalamt and the Verfassungschütz to deflect blame for the Lockerbie crime from the Rhein-Main airport in Frankfurt, and the statement by the