16 October 2025
The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament has today provided the following Press Notice:
16:15, 16 October 2025
Category: Current Parliament
15 October 2025
The Chairs of the Home Affairs Committee, Justice Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, and the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament met the Director of Public Prosecutions and his team today. There was a constructive discussion about the reasons for the recent dropping of charges against two individuals under the Official Secrets Act. Committees will now be considering what further action to take.
18:00, 15 October 2025
21 July 2025
The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament has today provided the following Press Notice regarding its Inquiry into the loss of data relating to ARAP applicants:
17:23, 21 July 2025
17 July 2025
The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament has today provided the following Press Notice:
12:19, 17 July 2025
16 July 2025
ISC Response to comments made by the Rt Hon. Sir Ben Wallace KCB on the Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme regarding the remit of the Committee:
Reference was made this morning to Defence Intelligence engaging with the Intelligence and Security Committee voluntarily. That is not the case. The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament is set up under statute: the Justice and Security Act 2013 gives it legal powers. Under the Justice and Security Act 2013, the Committee has statutory oversight of Defence Intelligence: there is nothing voluntary about it.
Reference was also made to the Committee not being able to look at any ongoing or current intelligence operation. That is also not the case. While the Committee may not have a right to require information on current operations (it can require information on all other matters concerning the organisations it oversees), it is still able to look at current operations – with the agreement of Ministers – and has done so on numerous occasions.
12:02, 16 July 2025
14 July 2025
The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament has today provided the following Press Notice, following its meeting with the Prime Minister:
15:30, 14 July 2025
10 July 2025
The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament has today published the following report ‘Iran’, and has also issued a press release:
10:27, 10 July 2025
1 May 2025
The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament has today provided the following Press Notice:
11:00, 1 May 2025
27 March 2025
The Committee has sent its Report, ‘Iran’, to the Prime Minister.
In accordance with the Justice and Security Act 2013, the Prime Minister must consider whether there is any information in the Report which, if published, would be prejudicial to the continued discharge of the functions of the security and intelligence agencies. In line with convention the Committee has requested that the Prime Minister respond within ten calendar days, i.e. by close on 6 April.
20:19, 27 March 2025
18 December 2024
The Members of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) today elected The Rt Hon. the Lord Beamish as the Chair of the ISC.
14:36, 18 December 2024