HC Deb 01 February 2000 vol 343 cc545-6W
Mr. Key

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the companies which supply, provide and service secure videolink technology for use in British courts; and what arrangements are in place to prevent the interception of transmissions by third parties. [107871]

Jane Kennedy

Videolink technology is used occasionally in the Crown Court to enable witnesses to give evidence from abroad. The installation is arranged locally by the party whose witness is giving evidence in this way. No information is held centrally on the suppliers used or the arrangements put in place to prevent interception. A pilot is currently in place to provide a videolink between Strangeways Prison and the Crown Court in Manchester.

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