Peter Hayman

Sir Peter Hayman was a British diplomat. He was British high commissioner in Canada from 1970-74. Previously he was director general of British Information Services in New York 1961-64 and deputy commandant of the British military government in West Berlin 1964-66.

Named under parliamentary privilege

Hayman was named by the right wing Conservative MP Geoffrey Dickens. According to UPI 'The diplomat was referred to as a senior civil servant in the court case last week in which O'Carroll, 35, chairman of the Pedophile Information Exchange, was jailed for two years for conspiring to corrupt public morals. Two other members of the group were acquitted.

UPI reported:

Conservative Geoffrey Dickens, rejecting a government request not to name Hayman, 66, said he acted because he believed there was an Establishment coverup under way. Dickens took the step by submitting two written parliamentary questions to the government. Printing the questions in the House of Commons list of future proceedings allowed publication of the name without fear of prosecution for libel. The first question asked Attorney General Sir Michael Havers 'if he will prosecute Sir Peter Hayman under the Post Office Acts for sending and receiving pornographic material through the Royal Mail.' The second question asked Francis Pym, leader of the House of Commons, if he will set up a committee to 'investigate the security implications of the entries contained within volumes of Sir Peter Hayman's diaries, referred to in the trial of Tom O'Carroll at the Old Bailey.'