§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when he expects to receive a report from the staff counsellor for the security and intelligence services; and whether he will make it available to hon. Members.
(2) how many times since November 1987 he has met with the staff counsellor for the security and intelligence services; and what items were discussed.
§ Mr. HurdThe arrangements for the staff counsellor for the security and intelligence services to report to me were set out by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister in her reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr. Whitney) on 2 November 1987 at column512. There has been no change to those arrangements. It is not proposed that the staff counsellor's reports should be published or that details should be given about how he discharges his responsibilities.