HC Deb 14 December 1998 vol 322 c354W
Dr. Kumar

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 3 December 1998,Official Report, columns 251–52, on Shapurji Saklatvala, when the security service expects to begin its review of its inter—war records in preparation for further releases. [63236]

Mr. Straw

The Security Service plans to begin releasing material from World War Two in January 1999. The process of reviewing for release its quite extensive stock of records for that period will take some time to complete. Under current plans, I do not expect the Service to begin reviewing its inter—war records before the year 2000.