ABSTRACT
In 1963, the Secretary of State for War, the Rt Hon John Profumo resigned from office as a result of his lying to the House of Commons over press disclosures concerning an alleged affair with Christine Keeler, who had associations with a Russian Naval Attaché. The Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, appointed Lord Denning to inquire into the security aspects of the affair. In his report, Lord Denning stressed that the function of the Security Service:
Further judicial expression of the role of the Service is found in the judgment of Taylor J in R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Ruddock (1987).
