"Spycatcher"

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 March 1988.

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Photo of Richard Shepherd Richard Shepherd , Aldridge-Brownhills 12:00, 14 March 1988

Is not the difficulty for the Government the fact that they have chosen to emphasise the lifelong duty of confidentiality to the grave as being more important than the right of the public to know and the press to report on crime, fraud or the possibly mooted causes of treason as reported in Mr. Wright's book? Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that one cannot enjoin any public servant to a lifelong duty of confidentiality to the grave without the caveat that that cannot cover fraud, crime or possible treason? Is it not in the interests of the House to know about those circumstances?