HC Deb 21 January 1999 vol 323 c553W
Sir Richard Body

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library the material held by the Security Services relating to the 1975 referendum on United Kingdom membership of the Common Market. [66396]

Mr. Straw

It is for the Director General to decide which Security Service files should be released for public scrutiny, and to determine when they should be released. In reaching these decisions, he is bound by the relevant provisions of the Public Records Acts of 1958 and 1967, including the 30-year rule. In common with records belonging to other public bodies, Security Service records are released to the Public Record Office.