Tuesday June 25, 2002
Derry Irvine, the lord chancellor, signalled yesterday that the government
is to bring forward criminal penalties for any official caught shredding
emails or records they know to be requested by a member of the public
seeking to view their private files.
I think it was p10 of the Guardian, or follow this link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4447742,00.html
Richard Leonard
Public Record Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU.
Tel: 020 8876 3444, fax: 020 8392 5286
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