PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Intelligence and Security Committee (29 June 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2020 to Question 58612 on Islamic State: Military Intervention, whether that matter would fall under the remit of the Intelligence and Security Committee; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

The remit of the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of Parliament is set out within the Justice and Security Act 2013, and the accompanying Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which is published and available at:

http://isc.independent.gov.uk/

Except for the circumstances specified in Paragraphs 11-17 of the MOU, operational intelligence activity falls outside the scope of the ISC.

Answered by:
James Heappey (Conservative)
7 July 2020