§ Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many telephone conversations of Dr. Ali Dizaei, legal adviser to the National Black Police Association, were(a) recorded and (b) transcribed by the investigation team; and what proportion contained legally privileged information. [13706]
§ Mr. DenhamI would refer the hon. Member to my letter to him of 9 November, a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if surveillance of Dr. Ali Dizaei included the recording of his telephone calls with members of the media. [13711]
§ Mr. DenhamI refer the hon. Member to my letter to him of 9 November, which indicates that the Metropolitan police have confirmed that the practice in relation to calls made by Superintendent Dizaei was that all calls made by him on the Metropolitan police service telephone network were recorded.