Introduction
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n 4 March 2014, the then deputy prime minister, the Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP,
announced an independent review of surveillance practices in the UK. The
Independent Surveillance Review (ISR) would be conducted by the Royal United
Services Institute (RUSI) under the chairmanship of its director general and publish its
report after the general election of May 2015.
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The terms of reference for the ISR were as follows:
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A panel for the Review was identified. The twelve members agreed to serve in a private
capacity, and were carefully selected to represent the major stakeholders on surveillance
issues: government, industry, civil society and Parliament. The panel for the Independent
Surveillance Review comprised:
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Advise on the legality, effectiveness and privacy implications of the UK
surveillance programmes, particularly as revealed by the ‘Edward Snowden case’
Examine potential reforms to current surveillance practices, including additional
protections against the misuse of personal data, and alternatives to the collection
and retention of bulk data
Make an assessment of how law-enforcement and intelligence capabilities can
be maintained in the face of technological change, while respecting principles of
proportionality, necessity and privacy.
Professor Heather Brooke
Lesley Cowley OBE
Lord Evans of Weardale KCB DL
Professor John Grieve CBE QPM
Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE FRS FREng
Professor Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield FBA
Baroness Lane Fox of Soho CBE
Professor Sir David Omand GCB
Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve CH CBE FBA FRS
The Rt Hon the Lord Rooker
Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE
Professor Ian Walden.
The ISR Panel was chaired by Professor Michael Clarke, director general of RUSI. The
biographies of the Panel can be found in Annex A. RUSI provided a secretariat to assist in
scheduling meetings, undertaking research and drafting the report.