HC Deb 25 November 1997 vol 301 cc496-7W
Mr. Alan Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the MOD role of Commander John Brookes in Hull. [16689]

Dr. Reid

It is my Department's policy to prevent the disclosure of information about any person (including a deceased person) or any other disclosure which could constitute or could facilitate an unwarranted invasion of privacy. I am, accordingly, withholding the information requested under exemption 14 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.