I welcome the fact that the proposed powers update the existing investigatory powers to reflect the existence of new technologies such as Facebook Messenger, which were not even thought of a decade ago, but what reassurance can the Home Secretary give the House that the Bill will be future-proofed so that we do not have to return to the issue very rapidly?
Draft Investigatory Powers Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Oliver Dowden
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 4 November 2015.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Draft Investigatory Powers Bill.
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