The reason for not giving that figure is clearly that it would give an advantage to those we are working against—for example, in Northern Ireland—through an indication of the scale of the CHIS. Could the right hon. Gentleman clarify the situation and highlight to the Committee that we would look at the numbers, but that we have powers to look at individual cases, as we have done in the past, if we have concerns about them?
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
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Lord Beamish
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 15 October 2020.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill.
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