MPs to investigate torture of terror suspects An official inquiry into whether British spies were complicit in the torture and rendition of terror suspects is to be conducted by MPs on the Intelligence and Security Committee. The government is expected to announce on Thursday that it is giving extra resources and manpower to the parliamentary committee to continue the work begun by Sir Peter Gibson, a retired judge, into claims that MI5 and MI6 were complicit in the torture of Binyam Mohamed and other former Guantánamo Bay inmates. The reopening of the inquiry comes after the government disbanded the Gibson probe at the beginning of 2012 after a fresh set of allegations of British involvement of the rendition of Libyan rebels to Muammer Gaddafi's regime triggered a police investigation. The report prepared by Sir Peter is expected to bring the matter back into the public arena this week. He is poised to raise a series of questions around processes and training within the security services and the extent of ministerial oversight into such operations, according to one person familiar with the report. The Gibson report is also expected to raise questions over how much ministerial oversight Jack Straw and his office had over the rendition of Libyan rebels during his period as foreign secretary from 2001 to 2006. Mr Straw's office declined to comment on Tuesday night. Number 10 is thought to have little option but to continue with the investigation given the series of issues raised by Sir Peter in his interim report, but opted for assigning the work to the Intelligence and Security Committee rather than setting up a new inquiry. The committee, which is in the middle of an inquiry into the murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich earlier this year, is thought to have agreed to take on the investigation on the condition that it is given extra resources from government to cope with the additional workload. Mr Cameron set up the Gibson inquiry soon after entering office in response to public outcry at the treatment of Mr Mohamed following claims of MI5 and MI6 were complicit in the torture of the UK resident. The government subsequently reached out-of-court settlements with the detainees in order to persuade them to abandon their civil cases against MI5 and MI6.