State party response The Committee’s decision was brought to the attention of several authorities outside the Government Offices, including the Director-Generals of the Aliens Appeals Board, the Migration Board and the Security Police, the Parliamentary Ombudsmen and the Office of the Chancellor of Justice. On 16 June 2005, the Swedish embassies in Cairo and Washington were instructed to inform the relevant authorities in Egypt and in the United States of the Committee’s decision. The instructions were implemented in August 2005. In a bill to Parliament, the Government, on 26 May 2005, tabled a proposal for a completely new Aliens Act and a number of consequential amendments with regard to other acts (Government Bill 2004/05:170). The main feature of the reform is the replacement of the Aliens Appeals Board with three regional Migration Courts and a Supreme Migration Court. Parliament is expected to pass the bill during the autumn of this year and the reform in its entirety is scheduled to enter into force on 31 March 2006. In the proposal for judicial reform in this field, security cases are defined as cases where the Security Police - for reasons pertaining to the security of the realm or to general security - recommends that an alien is either refused entry into the country or expelled/deported, or that a residence permit is denied or revoked. According to the proposal, the Migration Board will determine security cases in the first instance. Appeals may be lodged with the Government by the alien and also by the Security Police. The appealed case shall be referred from the Migration Board directly to the Supreme Migration Court, which shall hold an oral hearing and issue a written opinion. The case-file, including the Court’s opinion, shall then be forwarded to the Government for a decision in the matter. If, for instance, the Supreme Migration Court has come to the conclusion that there are impediments to the enforcement of a decision to expel an alien - on account of a risk of torture, for example - the Government may not decide to expel her/him. In other words, the Court’s opinion in this respect is binding on the Government. 111