Justice and Security Bill [HL] (HL Bill 27 of 2012–13)

This Library Note provides background reading in advance of the second reading in the House of Lords of the Justice and Security Bill on 19 June 2012. The Bill would modernise and strengthen oversight of the intelligence and security agencies, and would allow civil courts, through the use of closed material procedures, to hear a greater range of evidence in national security cases. It would also prevent courts from ordering sensitive information to be disclosed in certain circumstances.