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Mr. Dalyell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how he intends to review his procedures on the protection of archives in the light of the accidental destruction of 12,000 archive files held by his Department.
Mr. Chris Patten
A review of our procedures and practices is being undertaken with the assistance of the Public Records Office.