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A protocol setting out arrangements for managing issues which are national security related was shared with the Assembly and Executive Review Committee in March 2010. In addition, a high-level memorandum of understanding governing the handling of National Security matters by the Chief Constable and his reporting of such matters to the Policing Board was circulated to the Policing Board.I have no plans to publish further memoranda of understanding; the memoranda already in circulation, together with the assurances provided in Annex E of the St Andrews Agreement, the statement in January 2007 by the then Prime Minister and the regular reports I receive from Lord Carlile, strike the right balance between being open, transparent and accountable while protecting national security interests and assets. |