Correspondence

A letter from Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights Harriet Harman MP to the Minister of State for Security copying in the Investigatory Powers Commissioner seeking explanations about the use of children as Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) to gather information for public authorities.

The Prime Minister’s direction to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner to keep under review the application of the Security Service’s guidelines on the use of agents who participate in criminality and the authorisations issued in accordance with them.