Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I read the case.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, they do. They address some of them. They're not just my concerns; I think they're fundamental concerns. I think they do address clearly that the special advocate has access to the assessments and the documents on which those assessments are based at present. The main thing is that once the special advocate has that access, at present the special advocate is not allowed to have any kind of communication about the case with either the appellant or the appellant's legal representatives, which means that you cannot properly challenge the evidence in the closed sessions because you haven't got a clue what the appellant's case on it might be.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I can, indeed.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much for that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I e-mailed a short statement earlier this morning, but it's only in English and hasn't been translated into French. It sets out the role of the special advocate and my experiences as one. The role of special advocate came into existence in 1998, really, following a case in the European Court of Human Rights called Jahal, in which enormous criticism was directed against a previously existing advisory panel, which suggested arrangements had to be made that would both accommodate legitimate security concerns and yet accord the individual a substantial measure of protection.