§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will amend Section 10(1) of the Interception of Communications Act 1985 to require a separate warrant for each line intercepted. [26279]
§ Mr. StrawI refer the hon. Member to my reply to his question on 4 December 1997,Official Report, column 299, where I said that the question whether to amend the legislation relating to Interception of Communications beyond the measures required to comply with the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, and if so what the amendments should comprise, was under consideration. That remains the case.
Table 1: Asylum applications1 received in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, initial decisions1 2 3 on applications, and removals1 4, 1996 and 1997 by month, nationals of Czech Republic5 Applications Decisions Removals Total decisions Grants of asylum Grants of ELR Total refusals6 1996 January * * — — * 5 February 5 5 — — 5 * March 10 — — — — * April 10 * — — * 5 May * 5 — — 5 5 June 5 5 — — 5 5 July — * — — * 5 August 5 5 — — 5 5 September 5 5 — — 5 10 October 5 5 — — 5 5 November 5 5 — — 5 5 December 5 5 — — 5 5 Total (1996) 55 50 — — 50 55 1997 January 5 5 — — 5 * February 10 10 — — 10 5 March 5 10 — — 10 * April * * — — * * May 5 5 — — 5 — June 15 15 — — 15 15 July 30 20 — — 20 5 August 30 35 — — 35 15 September 15 5 — — 5 * October 85 20 — — 20 30 November 20 60 — — 60 15 December 15 25 — — 25 10 Total (1997) 240 210 — — 210 100 1 Figures rounded to nearest five with * = 1 or 2. 1997 data are provisional. 2 Information is of initial decisions and excludes the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions. 3 Decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same time period. 4 Includes voluntary departures apart from those made by in-country applicants prior to the initiation of enforcement action. 5 Removals data include persons recorded as nationals of the former Czechoslovakia. 6 Includes safe third country refusals and refusals made on grounds of non-compliance.