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Written Question
Disclosure of Information
Wednesday 16th July 2025

Asked by: Peter Lamb (Labour - Crawley)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of releasing withheld historic documents relating to (a) Mark Thatcher and the Omanis, (b) Request by Electronic Data Systems to employ Mark Thatcher, (c) proceedings of the Profumo inquiry and (d) the Peter Wright Spycatcher case.

Answered by Abena Oppong-Asare - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

No. These records are subject to regular review in line with the requirements of the Public Records Act 1958.