The 30 Year Rule

Click on the title of this post to link to a new website set up by The National Archives to discuss the 30 Year Rule under which most government records are transferred to The National Archives and made available to the public by the time they are 30 years old.

The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has said that it is time to look again at whether historical records can be made available for public inspection much more swiftly than under the current arrangements.

What do you think? You can have your say by visiting TNA's website and registering your comments.

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Or you can send me your comments and I'll post them on here.