Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alan Simpson (Labour), on Tuesday, 14 March 1995, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 40 members in total.

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SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE, MENWITH HILL AND OPEN GOVERNMENT

That this House congratulates Lindis Percy, veteran peace campaigner, in her efforts to get official recognition that Menwith Hill, North Yorkshire, though officially owned by the Ministry of Defence, is effectively controlled by a foreign power to whom the United Kingdom has surrendered all jurisdiction; notes that Menwith Hill is now the largest US spy centre in Europe with over 1,000 US personnel inside its perimeter; and further notes that, by serving a public interest immunity certificate to prevent any disclosure of information about the working of the base, the Secretary of State for Defence is seeking merely to gag the press and deceive the public about Menwith Hill's massive illegal telephone tapping of British European citizens.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

827 

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Disclosure of information Telephone tapping Espionage RAF Menwith Hill Percy, Lindis

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk