§ 25. Mr. Peter Archerasked the Minister of State for Defence what use is now made of interrogation techniques in the training of personnel.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourThese techniques are used in training certain categories of Service men in resistance to interrogation.
§ Mr. ArcherWill the right hon. Gentleman come clean about this? Is he saying that the volunteer interrogators are expected to use these techniques on our own side in the course of manoeuvres but are not expected to use them on real interrogees in the course of actual interrogation?
§ Mr. GilmourAs the hon and learned Gentleman knows, there are a number of countries which do not subscribe to the Geneva convention. It is important that some of our troops who may be exposed to capture after hostilities should be trained to withstand these techniques.