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Intelligence and Security Committee

Knowing the right hon. Gentleman as I do and knowing that he is robust and independent, I find the fact that he is raising the issue of independence by way of a sort of criticism to be in itself a demonstration of his integrity. However, may I return to the point that I made earlier? In order to bolster and make clear to the public at large, and to Parliament too, that there is that degree of independence, would it not be a good idea—in terms of the respect that such a move would gain—for the Chairman of the Committee, provided that the right person was chosen, to come from the Opposition?