§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now make it his policy to answer questions on the number of staff employed at the Government communications headquarters at Cheltenham in departments that do not deal directly with matters of national security.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggIn his statement to the House of Commons on 6 May at columns 64–65, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister made it clear that the Government would maintain their policy of not commenting on operational information relating to security and intelligence. The information requested by the hon. Member would fall into that category.