§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Minister of State for Defence whether he is prepared to allow Members of the House of Commons who are Privy Councillors to see and hear one of the electronic noise machines mentioned in the 78W Compton Report as having been used in Northern Ireland against internees.
§ Lord BalnielLord Parker's Committee of Privy Councillors will be able to see and hear one of these machines if it wishes.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Minister of State for Defence why he declined to give the decibel measurement of the noise emitted by the electronic torture machine referred to in the Compton Report; and if he will now give this.
§ Lord BalnielI see no reason to add to the information about the level of noise used in support of interrogation which I gave in reply to the hon. Member's Questions on 23rd November, 1971. The imputation by the hon. Member that the noise machine has been used to torture interrogatees is quite wrong, as the Compton Report indicates.—[Vol. 826, c.344.]
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Minister of State for Defence what is the weight and dimensions of one of the electronic noise machines referred to in the Compton Report.
§ Lord BalnielThe machine weighs approximately ¾lb. and measures 8 in. × 5 in. × 5 in.