HC Deb 22 July 1998 vol 316 c557W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in what circumstances his Department discloses the contents of external legal advice which it has received. [50909]

Mr. Dewar

It is not normal practice to disclose the contents of legal advice received, and it is not possible to comment in abstract on any exceptional circumstances in which that practice might be departed from.