From: The Right Honourable Sir Swinton Thomas
The Interception of Communications
Commissioner
c/o 2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
19 December 2006
I enclose my sixth, and final, Annual Report on the discharge of my functions under
the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. The Report covers my last fifteen
months in office from 1 January 2005 to 31 March 2006. It is, of course, for you to
decide, after consultation with me, how much of the report should be excluded from
publication on the grounds that it is prejudicial to national security, to the prevention
or detection of serious crime, to the economic well-being of the United Kingdom, the
continued discharge of the functions of any public authority whose activities include
activities subject to my review (section 58(7)) of the Act). Following the practice of my
predecessor, I have taken the course of writing the report in two parts, the confidential
annex containing those matters which in my view should not be published. I hope that
this is a convenient course.
Sir Swinton Thomas
The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair MP
10 Downing Street
London SW1A 2AA
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