§ Dr. Julian LewisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what assessment he has made of whether all information relevant to British secret Stasi agents has been made available by the United States from its Operation Rosewood archive; [136248]
(2) if he will make a statement about Security Service investigations into the monitoring of (a) pro-NATO activists and (b) the former Social Democratic Party by British Stasi agents; [136252]
(3) what use was made of information gained in Operation Rosewood to acquire further evidence against British Stasi spies in order to pursue prosecutions; [136266]
(4) if files obtained by the UK security services showing the identities of British agents of the Stasi will be preserved for the future use of historians; [136267]
(5) for what reason no action has been taken against any British agents now known to have covertly worked for the East German Intelligence Service. [136250]
§ Mr. StrawI can add nothing further to the written answer that I gave the hon. Member on 2 November 2000,Official Report, column 610W. On the question of the release of Security Service files into the public domain, I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester (Ms Russell) on 29 July 1998, Official Report, columns 251–54W. It would not be appropriate to comment further on the work of the security and intelligence agencies.