Ex-Prime Ministers

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Civil Service – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 July 1991.

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Photo of Mr Timothy Renton Mr Timothy Renton , Mid Sussex 12:00, 22 July 1991

I think that it is probably correct to say that it is a privilege rather than a right. Former Prime Ministers and, occasionally, former Cabinet Ministers from time to time request—and, as my hon. Friend will know, are given—access to official papers from their Administration for research purposes. Given the nature of the papers, it is prudent as well as courteous to offer the reader a room in the Cabinet Office to read them.