The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) is a statutory select committee of the

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, currently governed under the Intelligence and Security Act (2017). It is the parliamentary oversight committee that manages New Zealand's intelligence agencies and examines issues relating to their efficacy and efficiency, budgetary matters, and policies. The ISC consists of the

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, the

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, two or three (currently three) further MPs nominated by the Prime Minister, and two further MP nominated by the Leader of the Opposition. The committee meets much more rarely than ordinary Select Committees, however — according to some claims in 2006, for less than an hour each year.Mark Lowenthal, ''Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy, fifth edition'' (Thousand Oaks, California: CQ Press, 2012), p.372

Membership, 54th Parliament

The following table lists the membership of the committee during the 54th Parliament:

Membership, 53rd Parliament

The following table lists the membership of the committee during the 53rd Parliament:

Notes and references

External links

* Parliament of New Zealand New Zealand intelligence agencies Legislative intelligence oversight {{NewZealand-gov-stub