Prison Communications Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Prison Communications

John Bercow Excerpts
Tuesday 11th November 2014

(10 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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What a delicious choice. I call Mr Peter Bone.

Peter Bone Portrait Mr Bone
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I congratulate the Secretary of State on following what has become known as the Straw doctrine: if something goes wrong in the Department, go to the House straight away, give them the facts and apologise. What worries me is that the practice has been going on for a number of years. We know that calls have been identified as being to MPs. Why on earth was that not reported earlier? The Secretary of State spoke about the Wilson doctrine. Will he confirm that no MPs’ phone calls are being intercepted at the moment?