Written question asked by Lord Denning (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 November 1996. It was answered by Lord Mackay of Clashfern (Conservative) on Monday, 18 November 1996.

Mackay of Clashfern, RtHonLord

Question: Further to the Answer of the Earl Howe at 575 c27WA, whether the Public Record Office in Chancery Lane was built, executed and used by the authority of a public statute - namely the Public Records Act of 1838 - and was for the purpose of keeping safe the public records including the records of the Chancery of England in the custody of the Master of the Rolls and whether those documents should have been retained in that building and not removed from it except by a new Act of Parliament.

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