Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40706 on Subversion: Russia and the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 59573 on Intelligence and Security Committee, what timeframe is for the Intelligence and Security Committee to be established; and whether the current circumstances referred to have affected that timeframe.

I refer the Hon. member to the answer given to PQ 59573 on 18 June 2020. The Committee is being formed in the normal way and as quickly as current circumstances allow. An announcement will be made in due course.