Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill

That was, of course, on a majority vote, and I was reminded that in the last Parliament the Home ...

That sounds to me like something that is best left between the hon. Gentleman and the Chairman of...

Can my right hon. Friend explain for my benefit why it is legitimate to have the 12-month limit w...

The European Court of Justice did not say that a 12-month retention period was unlawful. It said ...

When it comes to the battle against terrorism, there is an ongoing, daily issue with the threat a...

The right hon. Gentleman makes an extremely important point. He highlights one of the reasons why...

Using headlines like “Terrorism” or “Organised crime” and so on obviously chimes with the public,...

One point that I mentioned earlier, which was made by the European Court of Justice, was in relat...

It says in the Bill that a retention notice may be necessary for one or more of the purposes

Clause 3 (1) states:

“Section 5 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (power t...

It might be worth the Home Secretary adding subsection (4) of clause 3, which explicitly links ec...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. Indeed, subsections (2) and (4) define economic well-b...

The Home Secretary has been very kind this week. May I just ask her this question? The former hea...

Obviously, the Wilson doctrine applies to parliamentarians. It does not absolutely exclude the us...

Will the Home Secretary reflect again on the intervention by the right hon. Member for Haltempric...

The power that we are taking is to be able to serve a warrant in relation to somebody who is base...

Is the Home Secretary aware that many of us in the House feel that it is a very long time for a s...

Of course, that matter will be debated later when the Opposition amendment is debated. As I under...

Given that the European Court of Justice was striking down a European directive as well as our le...

The European Union will consider the necessity of a further data retention directive in due cours...

It is apparent to all in the House and has become increasingly evident over recent months that th...

The right hon. Lady makes an extremely important point. She is right that Sir Anthony May produce...

The Home Secretary is being very generous in giving way. As she said, little of the legislation i...

Yes indeed. It will be the first time that Government have published and made such information av...

For clarification and to inform the public, would it not be better for a Minister to come along a...

The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. Ministers, including myself and the Foreign Secret...

The Home Secretary will recognise that Parliament has been put in a difficult position by this we...

Does the shadow Secretary of State accept that the legislation will be within the scope of EU law...

Order. This is an intervention. A large number of people want to speak. Interventions are getting...

The hon. Gentleman will be aware that it is always possible for there to be court challenges and ...

The shadow Home Secretary said that this will be the start of a debate about privacy and security...

The hon. Gentleman can always be relied on to pop up in these debates. I have heard that his supp...

Does the right hon. Lady think that in striking down a directive that Labour agreed to, the Europ...

The right hon. Gentleman will know that the directive went considerably further than the regulati...

Although the Government keep on saying that the status quo is remaining as the status quo, 10 yea...

My understanding is that the Government do not keep metadata on UK citizens and that the data ret...

The right hon. Lady is making an interesting point. Is not the implication of her last six senten...

I want to come on to that point in detail, because it is an important one. The wider consideratio...

I want briefly to reinforce the right hon. Lady’s point. I have just come back from talking to St...

The hon. Lady is right. Although we know that there are issues about the Court judgment and its i...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is important to have the widest possible consultation wit...

My right hon. Friend is right, and I would certainly expect the Select Committees to play an impo...

I congratulate the right hon. Lady on the long list of considerations that she wishes her party t...

I will not pretend to be an expert on individual technologies or on the legal framework that is n...

Forgive me, but I am slightly confused. It is perhaps because I am a bit thick, but will the righ...

The Home Secretary responded to a similar question earlier. The advice that I have received is th...

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Order. There is a six-minute time limit on all Back-Bench contributions. I remind Members of the ...

I begin by paying tribute to the shadow Home Secretary and the Opposition for deciding to give th...

The right hon. and learned Gentleman cites the interception of communications commissioner as som...

We will have to see the context in which the commissioner made that remark, but I have read his r...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Kensington (Sir Malcolm Rifkind)...

It would not only be ludicrous; it would be an invitation to companies to re-site themselves outs...

Of course. The right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Sir Alan Beith) made a very important po...

It is a particular pleasure to follow my old sparring partner from east Yorkshire on this as much...

I thought I heard the right hon. Gentleman say that those who authorised communication data reque...

That is not correct, I am afraid. The authorisation process does not go to the commissioners. It ...

It is a huge pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis), who ...

I accept that the timing of the Bill is unfortunate. This is the second time in three years that ...

I am glad to follow the hon. Member for Dewsbury (Simon Reevell), because although none of us rem...

The right hon. Gentleman may be unaware that there has been a European directive since the late 1...

I am aware of that, but the right hon. and learned Gentleman will be the first to accept that the...

May I declare an interest at the outset? My wife works for Google, albeit in a role entirely unre...

Is my hon. Friend suggesting that he wants those aspects of the Bill removed before Third Reading...

Rather than the Bill just being nodded through, the key thing is to take advantage of a fairly li...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Mr Raab). I listened to him care...

rose—

Order. I am setting the time limit at five minutes in the hope that everyone in the Chamber will ...

I will do my best to comply with that, Madam Deputy Speaker—[Laughter.] Sorry, I meant to say tha...

Does my hon. Friend agree that, contrary to remarks from those on the Opposition Front Bench, it ...

My hon. Friend is partly right. RIPA was an improvement on no regulations, but it gave far too mu...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cambridge (Dr Huppert). He is a valued member of m...

Order.

4.10 pm

I have massive concerns about the Bill. I do not like the way in which it has been brought to the...

My right hon. Friend the Member for Blackburn (Mr Straw) said that the security services are far ...

As I said earlier, my concerns—like those of others—are not just about some questionable aspects ...

I understand where my hon. Friend the Member for Foyle (Mark Durkan) is coming from, but I disagr...

The underlying issue that we are discussing in this important debate is whether we want the onlin...

The straw man—or straw person—has been evident in this debate this afternoon. Several Members hav...

I feel uneasy about the Bill on several grounds. As I am sure that we all do, I clearly accept th...

We have had a useful debate today, in which the House has had to reach a balance in making a judg...

I thank all the right hon. and hon. Members who have contributed to a vibrant and valuable debate...

Part of the judgment proposes that the Government provide exceptions for persons whose communicat...

I hope that in Committee we will be able to get on to the role that the statutory code of practic...

It was 7-1, like Germany and Brazil.

The Chair of the Committee has made his point in his inimitable fashion.

It is important to...