HC Deb 29 November 1971 vol 827 c20W
53. Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions during each of the last 10 years the methods of interrogation in depth disclosed in the Compton Report have been used by British officers dealing with emergencies in areas for which be had responsibility.

Mr. Kershaw

The information is not readily available in the form requested, but the interrogation methods described in the Compton Report were used by British officers in February-March, 1963, in Brunei, and in Aden in January-February, 1964, and between September, 1964, and September, 1967.

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