Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much for your question. I would first say that it was the role of the Privy Council Office, our colleagues in the security and intelligence and the director there who brokered these engagements. It's not SITE directly; it's through the Privy Council Office. They would send invites out to, I believe, registered political parties.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, again, for the question. The classified briefings were typically at secret level. It was, to be fair, a fairly small grouping. We would naturally look at, perhaps, campaign managers or chief information officers of the parties to target them in terms of the information briefings.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I can begin with a comment and then perhaps open it up to my colleagues. Thank you very much for the question. I appreciate it. I would just note that there were activities observed, certainly during the election. I will note in context, as well, that it's activity that we also see on a persistent basis; that is to say, we observe things before, during and after an election.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. I appreciate that clarification on the timing. I will very simply say that we had advised the critical election incident protocol panel of the information. In terms of making public statements, it is their decision whether or not it meets a threshold to do so. We at SITE simply present the information.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My apologies, sir. I will ask my colleague Adam Fisher from the service if he may be able to respond to that particular question.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. That's very kind, Madam Chair. I appreciate that. Hello. Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for the invitation to appear today. My name is Lyall King, and I'm the former chair of the security and intelligence threats to elections task force—SITE for short.