§ Mr. WyattTo ask the Prime Minister when the annual report of the Commissioner appointed under section 8(1) of the Interception of Communications Act 1985 will be laid before the House; and if he will make a statement. [129292]
§ The Prime MinisterA copy of Lord Nolan's report for 1999 has been laid before the House today in accordance with section 8(7) of the Interception of Communications Act 1985. The confidential annex to the report has been excluded from that copy in accordance with section 8(8) of the 1985 Act and in accordance with the Commissioner's recommendations.
104WLord Nolan has served as Commissioner under the Interception of Communications Act since April 1994. This is his last report. I am very grateful to him for all his work as Commissioner.