Government Communications Headquarters

HC Deb 25 January 1993 vol 217 cc512-3W

Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received about security arrangements at the GCHQ base in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

None.

Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what measures he has taken to assure himself of the efficiency and effectiveness of the security arrangements at the GCHQ base in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is satisfied that the security arrangements in place at the composite signals organisation station at Culmhead meet prescribed national standards for the protection of classified material.