107. Over the course of the next year, we shall pursue a number of
issues identified elsewhere in this Report, including:
- the role of the centre in the co-ordination of the
Agencies;
- whether individuals should have rights in connection
with the destruction or otherwise of any file held on them and protections
against having inaccurate information gathered, stored and used against
the individual's interests;
- the details and progress of the GCHQ NAP;
- staff matters, in particular staff views and the handling
of complaints within the Agencies;
- the arrangements between Security Service and Law Officers
for referring prosecutions;
- the Agencies' work against Serious Crime;
- the work of the Efficiency Advisor and his recommendations,
in particular Joint Working; and,
- what Internal Audit is undertaken by the Agencies.
108. We also propose to continue our work on Information Warfare and
we will examine how the Agencies are preparing themselves for the future
through investment. As part of the above, we have tasked the Investigator
to conduct investigations into the secure communications in the FCO
and the Scientific and Technical research and development supported
by the Agencies.
