§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Prime Minister if she will publish in the Official Report the assurances of the right hon. Member for Huyton (Sir H. Wilson) concerning the tapping of hon. Members' telephones, which describes the practice currently followed.
§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Prime Minister if she will publish in the Official Report the assurance of the right hon. Member for Huyton (Sir H. Wilson) concerning the tapping of hon. Members' telephones, which describes the practice currently followed.
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§ The Prime MinisterIn answers to questions on 17 November 1966 the right hon. Member for Huyton (Sir H. Wilson) said that on taking office as Prime Minister in October 1964 he had given instructions that there was to be no tapping of the telephones of Members of Parliament; that that remained the policy of the Government; and that, if there was a development of a kind which required a change in the general policy, he would, at such moment as seemed compatible with the security of the country, on his own initiative make a statement in the House about it. I can reaffirm, as has each of my predecessors since that time, that the policy remains as stated by the right hon. Gentleman.