HC Deb 01 May 1995 vol 259 c84W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what have been the dates of employment of his special advisers since his appointment. [21934]

Mr. Freeman

The information requested is as follows:

Name Joined the Department Left the Department
Perry Miller April 1992 February 1993
Crispin Blunt February 1993 Employment continuing.

Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what instructions his special adviser has given to his Department's civil servants to make inquiries of a political nature concerning the policies of the Labour party; and on what authority. [21933]

Mr. Rifkind

The special adviser has not given any instructions to my Department to make inquiries about the policies of the Labour party. Following the hon. Member for South Shield's lecture to the Royal United Services Institute, on 1 March, the special adviser asked a member of the parliamentary office to ask the hon. Member's office the exact date of his resignation from the Opposition Front Bench.