SCOTTISH Parliament and Welsh Assembly members demanded to know yesterday if snooping rules had been changed to let spooks monitor the communications of elected representatives.

Members of the devolved bodies spoke out as elected Green politicians asked security services watchdog the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) to examine claims that their personal communications had been monitored by GCHQ.

They say that would be a clear breach of the 1966 Wilson doctrine, stating that no MP’s communications should be tapped unless there is a major international emergency.