asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 11 February, if the Strathclyde police officers who accompanied him to the premises of BBC Scotland on 30 January told him that the police operation to he held there the following day was connected to the disclosure of information about the Zircon satellite.

No. The police officers were solely concerned to make me aware that the police operation, of which my Department had been informed earlier in the day, would not take place until the Saturday. At this time was not aware of the communication from the police to my Department.