§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has received letters from the Governments of(a) Chile and (b) Mexico regarding surveillance of delegates to the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement. [1156479]
§ Mr. RammellThe British Embassy in Mexico City received a Note Verbale from the Mexican Government on this issue. We have received no such correspondence from the Chilean Government.
It is the well-established and long-standing practice of successive governments not to respond to speculation about alleged operational activities by the UK Security and Intelligence Services.