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Guildford Four

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Question for Home Office

UIN 212163, tabled on 28 October 2014

Question

Ms Margaret Ritchie
Social Democratic & Labour Party
South Down
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the 75-year embargo placed on government-held files relating to the Guildford Four; and if she will consider releasing them earlier.

Answer

James Brokenshire
Conservative
Old Bexley and Sidcup
Commons

Answered on

17 November 2014

There is no embargo on government-held files relating to the Guildford Four. Public release of such information retained by government departments or held closed at The National Archives is determined in line with the provisions of the Public Records Act 1958.

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Home Office