§ Lorna FitzsimonsTo ask the Prime Minister when the Annual report of the commissioner appointed under the Security Service Act 1989 will be laid before the House; and if he will make a statement. [4262]
§ The Prime MinisterA copy of Lord Justice Stuart Smith's seventh annual report, for 1996, has been laid before the House in accordance with section 4(6) of the Security Service Act 1989. The confidential annex to the report has been excluded from that copy in accordance with section 4(7) of the 1989 Act. I am grateful to the Commissioner for his work in providing assistance to the Tribunal as provided in that Act and for reviewing the issue of warrants under the Intelligence Services Act 1994.