Modern public records: selection and access. The Report of 'The Wilson Committee.'.

The article provides information on the selection and access of modern public records in Great Britain. A definition of public records as defined in the Public Records Acts of 1958 is given. It enumerates the elements of authority and responsibility from which the system and procedures laid down in the 1954 Report of the Grigg Committee and the Public Records Acts of 1958 and 1967 for dealing with selection and access were based on. It also presents information on the provisos to ensure that an administrative criterion at First Review would be synonymous with a historical criterion.