asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he issued warrants for the interception of communications in Wales in the years 1979 to 1984; what was the number of such warrants in force on 1 January; and if he will make a statement.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many warrants he issued for the interception of communications in the Houghton and Washington constituency and in the north east between 1979 and 1984; how many warrants are still in operation; and if he will make a statement.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many requests for warrants for interception of communications he rejected during each of the years 1980,1981,1982,1983 and 1984.

I do not propose to add to the statistics on interception given in annex 2 of the White Paper "The Interception of Communications in the United Kingdom" (Cmnd. 9438).