Mr. Colin Wallace (Hansard, 27 March 1990)

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many former members of the Army information service at headquarters, Northern Ireland have been interviewed by Government agencies about Mr. Colin Wallace's allegations.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
A number of officials were interviewed by the police in the course of investigations into Kincora.

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will direct his officials to interview Mr. Mike Taylor and Miss Wendy Austin about the full scope of their activities in Army information services in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
No. If Mr. Taylor or Miss Austin have information about activities in Northern Ireland which they feel to be of significance, they should submit it to the RUC or to the Ministry of Defence.

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his written answer to the hon. Member for Brent, East,Official Report, 6 May 1988, column 621, if he will place in the Library copies of all printed material designed and printed at Army head-quarters, Northern Ireland, and disseminated to the public from 1972 to 1975.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
No.
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§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what security exercises were carried out by the Army information department in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
I have nothing to add to my letter of 30 January to the hon. Member for Brent, East.

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which section of his Department was responsible for psychological warfare operations and psychological warfare training for civil servants in Northern Ireland from 1971 to the current date.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
I have nothing to add to the answers given by my hon. Friend the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces to the hon. Member on 6 May 1988 at column622.

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in theOfficial Report the text of the letters from the Minister of State, the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Mr. Hamilton), to the hon. Member for Brent, East on 30 January and 2 February.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
No. A copy of my letter of 30 January is already in the Library of the House. I did not write to the hon. Member on 2 February. A copy of the letter which the Secretary of State for Defence wrote to him on that date is already in the Library of the House.

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in theOfficial Report the text of the letters from the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Kettering (Mr. Freeman), to the hon. Member for Brent East on 18 April 1988, 21 June 1988 and 15 August 1988 concerning Mr. Colin Wallace and related matters.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
No. Copies of the letters 01 21 June and 15 August 1988 are already in the Library of the House. A copy of the letter of 18 April 1988 will also he placed in the Library of the House.

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written answer to the hon. Member for Arundel (Mr. Marshall) of 30 January,Official Report, column 112, whether Army intelligence material was used in the Clockwork Orange project.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
I have nothing to add to my reply of 30 January to my hon. Friend the Member for Arundel (Mr. Marshall) at columns110-13.

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written answer to the hon. Member for Arundel (Mr. Marshall) of 30 January,Official Report, column 112, if he will place in the Library copies of all documents relating to the project Clockwork Orange.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
No.

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written answer to the hon. Member for Arundel (Mr. Marshall) of 30 January,Official Report, column 111, what investigations were carried out to discover whether Mr. Wallace was given a supplementary directive or job description; what was the security classification given to Mr. Wallace's responsibilities; and where Mr. Colin Wallace was interviewed in January 1975 about the use of forged documents for disinformation purposes.
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§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
I have nothing to add to earlier statements about Mr. Wallace's job description. I am unable to identify the interview to which the hon. Member has referred.

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether(a) Mr. Peter Broderick or (b) Mr. Michael Taylor were ever interviewed by any official or Government agency in connection with allegations made by Mr. Colin Wallace.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
I understand that, during the inquiries into Kincora, both Mr. Broderick and Mr. Taylor were interviewed by the RUC, Mr. Broderick on 7 June 1982 and 8 November 1985, Mr. Taylor on 9 June 1982.

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether Mr. Colin Wallace carried out any psychological operations warfare whilst working in Army information services Northern Ireland.

§ Mr. Archie Hamilton
I have nothing to add to my previous statements made in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Arundel (Mr. Marshall) on 30 January at columns110-13 and during the Adjournment debates on 6 and 12 February at columns 866-68 and columns 115-22.