§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he made of the consistency with international law of the interrogation methods deployed by the US at Guantanamo Bay before sanctioning the involvement of MI5 in that process. [162883]
§ Mr. Blunkett[holding answer 22 March 2004]: The Government have a duty to protect national security. This is the context it which Security Service conducted interviews at Guantanamo Bay. All Security Service interviews were carried out in accordance with United Kingdom law.