§ Mr. Cohenasked the Lord Privy Seal how many times during the last two years access has been given to persons wishing to inspect the log of telephone calls from the Palace of Westminster; and if he will specify in each case the date and the name of the person or organisation granted access.
§ Mr. BiffenThe facility enabling calls made from the Palace of Westminster telephone extensions to be logged has been available only since 9 September 1985 when the new telephone exchange was installed.
I assume that the hon. Member is referring to printouts from the logging equipment. Apart from the test printouts which were obtained during September 1985 when the equipment became operational, access has been granted on only two occasions. On 17 October 1986 and on 19 November 1986 the communications manager obtained printouts at the request of the Serjeant at Arms Department.