Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 9:38 pm on 21 November 1979.
The way in which the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Mr. Beith) put the question was: Would that force a Minister to tell a lie? Of course, it would not. But there would be occasions, I agree, when one would have to reply that in the public interest, it was impossible to answer the question.
I would like to go back for a moment—