Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish revised Consolidated Guidance to Intelligence Officers and Service Personnel on the Detention and Interviewing of Detainees Overseas, and on the Passing and Receipt of Intelligence Relating to Detainees; if so, when; and whether that Guidance will reflect the circumstances of the case of Belhaj and another v Straw and others.

​The Cabinet Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Home Office and Ministry of Defence as well as the security and intelligence agencies, National Crime Agency and SO15 have been fully involved in the work to consider what changes could be made to the Consolidated Guidance. The Government will seek the views of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament on it in the context of their wider Detainee Inquiry which will be published later this year. Mr Belhaj's case was that he was detained and forcibly conveyed through a number of jurisdictions in 2004. The Consolidated Guidance was first published in 2010. On 6 July 2010 Her Majesty's Government made clear that the publication of the Consolidated Guidance was part of its work to settle the issues of the past; make clear the rules of operation for the future; and build a framework for justice that enhanced both security and liberty.