HC Deb 04 August 1980 vol 990 c29W
Mr. Wheeler

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to make the law of civil trespass apply to the use of a bugging device.

Mr. Whitelaw

This would be a matter for the Lord Chancellor, who would need to be satisfied that it was appropriate to extend the law of civil trespass to cover activities different from those to which it now applies.