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I don't mean in a matter of weeks, I'm talking about many many years,
and I do not think this will happen under this procedure or cause any
embarrassment.
Mr. Allen Lee:- Are there any provisions for destroying such documents
in the UK in this case?
Secretary for Home Affairs:- I am afraid I am not familiar enough
with the Act to give you an answer to that question, but as I
understand it, they are not normally destroyed.
Mrs. Chow: Sir, if there are specific requests by people who submitted
their views that their doucments be destroyed within, say a certain
period, of say a year, would such submissions be then taken into
account or would they just be dismissed.
Secretary for Home Affairs:- I think I would require notice of that
question which goes way beyond the original, and I would have to take
it up separately. I don't know the answer to your question, Mrs. Chow.