§ Geraint DaviesTo ask the Prime Minister when the annual report of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner appointed under section 91(1)(a) of the Police Act 1997 will be laid before the House; and if he will make a statement. [29077]
§ The Prime MinisterA copy of Sir Andrew Leggatt's report for 2000–01 is being laid before the House today in accordance with section 107(3) of the Police Act 1997 (as amended by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000). After consultation with the Chief Surveillance Commissioner material in an annexe to a report has been excluded from that copy under section 107(4) of the Act because its publication would be prejudicial to the prevention or detection of serious crime.
For the first time the annual report covers Part II of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
I am most grateful to Sir Andrew and his colleagues for the work which has gone into preparing it.