§ Mr. Alan JohnsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Hull Trawlermen signed the Official Secrets Act in the 1970s. [23944]
§ Mr. Alan JohnsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 17 December 1997, Official Report, column 214, concerning intelligence gathering by trawlers, which three Hull trawlers were used for specific intelligence gathering; on what date in 1973 these operations ceased; and how many trawlers were used in non-specific intelligence gathering. [23948]
§ Dr. ReidMV Arctic Galliard, MV Lord Nelson and MV Invincible were used for specific intelligence gathering on a combined total of five occasions in the 1960s and 1970s. The last such use was in September 1973.
Incidental intelligence gathering occurred throughout the Cold War period as trawlers went about their normal business of fishing. No records have been found of the names of the trawlers concerned.