HC Deb 02 February 2004 vol 417 c726W
Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2003,Official Report, column 1112W, on the 1911 Census, if the Lord Chancellor will amend Instrument No. 12 (1966) to reduce the period of closure of decennial records to 50 years. [150830]

Mr. Leslie

The Lord Chancellor has not given consideration to amending Instrument No. 12 to reduce the closure period of decennial census records to 50 years.