Possible Clues:

• Parliamentary report tough on tapping by US agents
• Difficult to get hold of answer in official report
• The official report of the proceedings of the British parliament
• Brief reply in tough parliamentary exchanges recorded
• Abbreviated answer printed in tough political publication
• Printed record of Westminster debates
• A couple of points buried in intractable report
• Worker touring a lot of island for record of diet
• It's not easy about the short answer to a reporter in the house