§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will invite the Parker Committee to co-opt an additional number of 370W experts in psychological medicine in order to assist the committee's understanding of the medical implications of the interrogation techniques described in the Compton Report.
§ Mr. MaudlingNo. It is for the Committee to decide what medical and other specialist advice it should seek.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation to prohibit the use of the interrogation techniques other than electronic noise machines described in the Compton Report.
§ Mr. MaudlingNo.
§ Mr George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the text of his letter to Lord Parker which contains the terms of reference of the Committee on Interrogation Techniques in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. MaudlingThe Committee on Interrogation Procedures were appointed by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and their terms of reference were set out in my statement to the House on 16th November.—[Vol. 826, c. 215–217.]