HL Deb 22 July 1997 vol 581 c154WA
Lord Hill-Norton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which Ministers in the Ministry of Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Northern Ireland Office, Home Office and in the office of the Minister without Portfolio, had not been positively vetted before l July 1997.

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

It has been a policy of successive governments that Ministers of the Crown are not subject to security vetting.