asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the police inquiry into the disappearance of the control room log of HMS Conqueror revealed the commission of any disciplinary offences by any member of the crew; and if he will make a statement.

Police reports submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions are confidential to him and are not disclosed to other Government Departments. However, as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State told my hon. Friend the Member for Vale of Glamorgan (Sir R. Gower) on 30 November 1984, at columns 593–94, the board of inquiry convened by the Commander-in-Chief Fleet on 25 October showed that the proper procedures for the custody and disposal of confidential control room logs had not been followed in HMS Conqueror for many months, including the period from April to September (inclusive) covered by the missing logs. Disciplinary action against those responsible for breaches of the regulations will now be considered.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether any part of the control room log of HMS Conqueror is still missing; and if he will make a statement.

Neither the Metropolitan police nor naval inquiries were able to locate the missing documents. The control room logs for HMS Conqueror for the period April to September 1982 are still missing.