Recommendation 15

Departments should only lay proposals for draft remedial orders before Parliament when they have fully determined their policy requirements. This includes carrying out effective engagement with UKIC, which can reasonably be expected of Government where a remedial order would have a direct and profound impact on the functions of security agencies. The two-stage process for Parliamentary scrutiny of remedial orders should not be used by the Government as an opportunity to ‘correct’ policy oversights which it could reasonably have identified by consulting UKIC or other Government agencies, thereby reducing the time available to Parliament and other parties to fully scrutinise the Government’s policy.