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Mr. Wheeler
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to make the law of civil trespass apply to the use of a bugging device.
Mr. Whitelaw
This would be a matter for the Lord Chancellor, who would need to be satisfied that it was appropriate to extend the law of civil trespass to cover activities different from those to which it now applies.