Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 December 1986.
Mr Michael Havers
, Wimbledon
12:00,
1 December 1986
On the last point, I am not responsible for the conduct of the Leader of the Opposition. On the first point, the idea that we can allow officers or ex-officers of the security services to write books would probably end with us not having any important secrets which should be preserved.
The "Leader of the Opposition" is head of "Her Majesty's Official Opposition". This position is taken by the Leader of the party with the 2nd largest number of MPs in the Commons.