Draft Investigatory Powers Bill

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for the tone that he adopted for most of his response to my stat...

In view of the size of the Bill, I will confine myself solely to the judicial authorisation aspec...

In relation to the warrantry that will be subject to the double lock and the process of intercept...

I thank the Home Secretary for her statement. Her last Bill on this fraught but important subject...

The right hon. Gentleman says that there was some confused briefing. Different reports appeared i...

I welcome the Home Secretary’s statement. The Intelligence and Security Committee will, working i...

Of course, the ISC report went wider than investigatory powers, but I can reassure my right hon. ...

I thank the Home Secretary for her statement, its tone and the care taken to address many of the ...

I am nearly finished.

I welcome the Home Secretary’s indication that protection of all parl...

On the hon. and learned Lady’s point about an open door, I have already spoke to Michael Matheson...

Our success in preventing numerous attacks on the public, to which the Home Secretary rightly pai...

As he said, in his former role as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, my right hon. Friend d...

Today the Home Secretary has ripped up RIPA—a piece of legislation that has been unfit for purpos...

I think that in their sedentary suggestion my hon. Friends made the right response to that partic...

I agree with the Home Secretary about the importance of putting faith in the ability of the judic...

On the last point, we will be talking to the Chairman of the Joint Scrutiny Committee, when appoi...

The police and the agencies will agree with what the Home Secretary and the shadow Home Secretary...

On the right hon. Lady’s last point, there is no intention to change the role of the independent ...

Order. More than three dozen hon. and right hon. Members are still seeking to catch my eye. If I ...

Constituents of mine who work at GCHQ are some of the most talented and dedicated public servants...

My hon. Friend does well in speaking for his constituents who work at GCHQ, and indeed for all wh...

However much we all agree that action is necessary to combat terrorism and other forms of crimina...

The hon. Gentleman says that he thinks there are substantial new powers in the Bill, but I have t...

I welcome the Home Secretary’s careful and thoughtful approach to this sensitive area, which is s...

I thank my right hon. Friend, who is absolutely right. We shall take every step to ensure that as...

The Secretary of State will be aware that when in the past she has sought support from the DUP on...

I, and others in the House, worked hard to ensure that the National Crime Agency was able to oper...

I thank my right hon. Friend for coming to the House today and setting out such a comprehensive a...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his work—as he said, he sometimes signed warrants on my behalf a...

The Home Secretary must be aware that there is wide acceptance of her statement in the House, and...

Yes I am, and I apologise because I think one or two Members have already raised that issue. It i...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her statement, and the right hon. Member for Leigh (Andy B...

My hon. Friend raises an important point about highlighting to members of the public the nature o...

A large number of constituents have contacted me about this matter. Does the Secretary of State a...

It is important that Members of the House make clear to people exactly what the Government are pr...

We often hear about the rights of criminals not to have their privacy intruded on. Will the Home ...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. I met representatives from groups who support and campai...

A few weeks ago at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, the Government’s QC, Mr James Eadie, seemed...

I am not sure that I recognise the right hon. Gentleman’s description of references to modern tec...

If the first duty of the Government is the protection of the realm, their second duty is to ensur...

My hon. Friend has raised an important issue. Let me give him just one example. Following a recen...

Under Operation Notarise, more than 30,000 individuals were identified as engaging in online chil...

As I said a moment ago to my hon. Friend the Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare), the increased...

I welcome the fact that the proposed powers update the existing investigatory powers to reflect t...

I have every confidence, because we have taken every care to draft the legislation in such a way ...

I welcome the statement, but it appears that every application to the Secretary of State and the ...

The requirement for a double lock relates to the most intrusive powers, mainly those relating to ...

My right hon. Friend is to be congratulated particularly on the introduction of independent judic...

That is an important point. I think that it was touched on in a previous question, and I apologis...

As the Home Secretary has acknowledged, David Anderson called for prior judicial authorisation. H...

As the hon. Gentleman will know, Ministers have to take account of the human rights issue in rela...

I welcome the Home Secretary’s balanced approach. Is it not important for us to continue to reass...

My right hon. Friend has hit the nail on the head. Technology has moved on, but the law has not. ...

May we have some idea of any benchmarks that may have informed the Home Secretary’s declaration t...

As I think was mentioned by the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry),...

Will the Home Secretary comment on what was said recently by Lord Carlile, the former independent...

My hon. Friend has quoted Lord Carlile, who, as she said, is a former independent reviewer of ter...

I welcome the tone and nature of the statement, but may I ask the Home Secretary what in particul...

It is the period that is currently in legislation that we reinforced in the Data Retention and In...

I, too, welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement.. When we talk about nefarious online activity, ...

My hon. Friend is right to raise the issue of cyber-bullying, which affects the lives of too many...

Does the Bill deal with the process of applying to go through browsing history—the directory to w...

It will not be possible for law enforcement agencies to access browsing history; they will just b...

Order. I do not wish to embarrass any individual hon. Member, but may I just gently point out tha...

I welcome the statement, which will help make the country safer and prevent local authorities fro...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. In the speech to which he refers, the Prime Minister welcomed...

As the home affairs spokesman for my party, I commend the Secretary of State for the reassurances...

As the hon. Gentleman may recognise, decisions about the composition of Committees are taken by t...

I welcome the Secretary of State’s comments that local authorities will be banned from accessing ...

Any agency that wishes to intercept and use these intrusive powers would need to have a warrant t...

I, too, welcome the Home Secretary’s statement. Does she agree that it is important that the publ...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. That is why the double-lock is important. Many people hav...

I thank the Home Secretary for her statement. She will know that the debate about the use of inve...

Yes. My hon. Friend is absolutely right and is right to mention financial cyber-crime. It is one ...

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Does she agree that the double lock will mean judicia...

Yes I do agree; it is important that we retain that double lock in these matters. It will give th...

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, which again shows why she is held in such high regard...

My hon. Friend, who of course has put himself on the line to maintain our security and defend thi...

I, too, welcome the statement. I have also been alarmed by the terming of the so-called snoopers ...

Yes, that is important. The police have been very clear that they need these tools if they are go...

I congratulate the Home Secretary and her team on introducing into what has been an incomprehensi...

I thank my hon. Friend, particularly for her reference to her own experience. Sometimes people ha...

The House has generally welcomed the Home Secretary’s balanced approach, as do I, but may I urge ...

My hon. Friend raises an interesting point. We do everything we can to take action against those ...

Lord Carlile, the former terrorism laws watchdog, has said that there has been a lot of demonisat...

Absolutely. The heads of agencies have also made it clear that they have no intention of intrudin...