asked the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 9 March, Official Report, column 945, if he will make a statement as to why Squadron Leader Hare was permitted to make a statement to the press subsequent to action being taken arising from his first statement, and as to why no further disciplinary action was considered necessary subsequent to the second breach.

Squadron Leader Hare was interviewed immediately following the publication of further articles in the press about him. No disciplinary action was considered necessary.