HC Deb 06 June 1985 vol 80 cc211-2W
45. Mr. Aitken

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will bring forward proposals for an ombudsman for the security service.

Mr. Brittan

In her statement on the Security Commission's report on the Bettaney case on 9 May 1985 at columns 897–8, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister indicated that the new Director-General of the Security Service had been asked to consider what developments he would propose by way of internal outlets for the expression of grievances or anxieties of individual members of the Service. When we have received the Director-General's report on this aspect of the management of the service, my right hon. Friend and I will, in considering his proposals, take into account the views that have been expressed in the House about the merits of an external outlet for such grievances or anxieties.