asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the historian charged with the editing of the Foreign Office documents relating to the period 1919–1931, will be given complete discretion as to the publication or non-publication of particular documents, or whether certain documents may be withheld from publication.

Professor Woodward will have discretion to include in his selection of documents all those documents in the Foreign Office which he considers necessary for the presentation of a full and objective historical record.

Is this gentleman to have access to Air Ministry and War Office documents as well, in order to complete the whole thing?

That is hardly a matter on which I can answer.

Will, my right hon. Friend make inquiries and see whether that extension can be granted?