Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any changes will be made to the process for (a) review and (b) oversight of the Consolidated Guidance.

I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the Prime Minister’s Written Ministerial Statement of 15 September 2016 (HCWS157). This work has been taken forward, with input from the Intelligence Services Commissioner and his successor, and we have sought the views of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) in the context of their Detainee Inquiry. The Government intends to wait until the ISC’s report is published later this year before deciding on next steps.

I also refer the Honourable Gentleman to the Prime Minister’s Written Ministerial Statement of 1 March 2018 (HCWS502)