Home affairsLetter from the Chair of the Committee, to Sir Ian Andrews, Chair, Serious Organised Crime Agency, 17 July 2013

Thank you for your letter of 12 July, concerning the provision to the Committee of information about the identities of people or companies which SOCA has intelligence to suggest may have commissioned illegal activities when they instructed private investigators to acquire information on their behalf.

I confirm that the Committee will treat any such information as confidential and that it will be handled in accordance with current guidance on the provision of sensitive information to select committees.

Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP
Chair of the Committee