As it happened: Spy chiefs quizzed

Key Points

• GCHQ's Sir Iain Lobban, MI5's Andrew Parker and MI6's Sir John Sawers were quizzed by the Intelligence and Security Committee
• Sir Iain said GCHQ did not spend its time listening to the phone calls or monitoring the emails "of the majority"
• Al-Qaeda was "lapping up" the security leaks given to the media by Edward Snowden, MI5's Andrew Parker said
• The committee heard 34 terrorist plots had been foiled since the London bombings of July 2005 and the threat from overseas was growing
• Espionage against the UK was happening on an "industrial scale", calling for a cross-government response, it was stated
• The chiefs said their organisations were subject to a high level of ministerial scrutiny and operated within the law