§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to facilitate the use of the British Telecom caller identification initiative to preventing telephone tapping and to use similar technology at telephone exchanges to detect third party connections.
§ Mr. HowardNone. I understand that the BT caller display facility could not support such applications.
§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to review the Official Secrets Acts to ensure that an individual disclosing possible unethical or illegal actions, including telephone wire tapping, would be allowed a public interest defence.
§ Mr. HowardWe have no such plans.