Investigatory Powers Bill

Although one person will oversee the Investigatory Powers Commission as the Investigatory Powers ...

We know that internet service providers and telecoms companies are vulnerable to hacking, and tha...

As I have just said, the Bill sets out new, enhanced safeguards and oversight arrangements for th...

The Home Secretary knows that I am a supporter of the Bill, but does she share some of my concern...

My hon. Friend raises an important point. Many internet service providers, for example, offer ser...

The Home Secretary recently met my constituent Barry Bednar, whose 14-year-old son Breck was groo...

My hon. Friend has represented his constituents very well in that matter, and it was an absolutel...

The Home Secretary may have seen the letter in The Guardian today from a large number of lawyers ...

My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right. The point about the Bill is that it makes i...

As the Home Secretary says, this is an extremely important power but also a very sensitive one. A...

It is impossible to put a time on it, because each decision differs. The amount of information th...

I am grateful to the Secretary of State, and I recognise the sensitivity of these matters. She wi...

The right hon. Gentleman has raised a very important point. He will be aware of one particular ca...

As someone who has also signed thousands of those warrants, with the benefit of hindsight I welco...

With a degree of prescience, my right hon. and learned Friend refers to the very next issue that ...

Will the Home Secretary give way?

If I may, I want to make a little more progress.

Will my right hon. Friend allow me to ask a supplementary question?

It is more than my life’s worth not to give way to a former Home Secretary.

Times have no doubt changed, but the information in individual cases is sometimes very simple and...

I have to say to my right hon. and learned Friend that that will not be the case. The point is th...

Will the Home Secretary give way?

Will the Home Secretary give way?

I give way to the Scottish National party spokesman.

On a point of clarification relating to the intervention by the right hon. and learned Member for...

I will come on to talk about the bulk warrants, but it was clear from the Committee reports that ...

rose—

I will give way to the hon. Lady, who has been persistent.

May I take the Home Secretary to the other end of the telescope, as it were, on this matter? One ...

I know that that issue was raised when the draft Data Communications Bill was considered and has ...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I will make a little more progress, but my hon. Friend may be able to catch my eye later.

I...

Will the Home Secretary give way?

I had an idea that my hon. Friend would intervene.

Of course Members of Parliament should not be above the law, and the Procedure Committee has ensu...

I heard my hon. Friend’s earlier exchange with you, Mr Speaker. Two important extra safeguards ha...

The Home Secretary is right to point to the patchy relationship between the judiciary and Governm...

I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. It is important that we have the balance right. Many peo...

Will the Home Secretary give way?

I will make some progress, if I may, but my hon. Friend may very well try again.

I want to ...

The Home Secretary is right to say that about the Joint Committee, but it also wanted greater cla...

We have clarified definitions in the Bill, and that point was made not only by the Joint Scrutiny...

That is important, and I support the Home Secretary’s objective in this case. She will know that ...

The right hon. Gentleman raised that issue with me when I gave evidence to the Joint Scrutiny Com...

The Home Secretary is generous in giving way. We welcome the improvements to the Bill, but I hope...

I reiterate the point that I made previously and again just now: 100% of the compliance costs wil...

Other hon. Members have mentioned protection for the communications of parliamentarians. Does the...

I could give a variety of responses to those points. The hon. and learned Lady must be aware that...

I echo the condolences the Home Secretary rightly paid to the family of the police officer in Nor...

The shadow Home Secretary rightly says that the Bill will help us to fight terrorism. Will he joi...

I will not be joining the hon. Gentleman in the Lobby tonight, because I do not believe, as I wil...

The right hon. Gentleman’s position, I am afraid, does not sound particularly persuasive or tenab...

I disagree entirely. As I said, we will not oppose the Bill because we will be responsible. I hav...

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the three independent reviewers all agree that our servi...

I agree with the hon. Lady. The idea that they have the time to do that is fanciful. They are goi...

What does my right hon. Friend make of the comments from the UN’s special rapporteur on privacy, ...

We need to explore the plans in detail. As I said, I do not accept that the Bill is a plan for ma...

A lot of this debate has been about looking at people’s files, but does the right hon. Gentleman ...

I have had such representations, as the Government have, which is why I said the Bill was about m...

I have a lot of respect for the right hon. Gentleman, as he knows, and I would like to congratula...

I will let the hon. Gentleman form his own view on the right parliamentary tactics for the Opposi...

rose—

I give way to my hon. Friend, who knows a great deal about this matter and has championed those s...

My right hon. Friend mentions the case of the Shrewsbury pickets, which is a stark example of the...

My hon. Friend puts it very well, which is why fears about such legislation run deep on the Labou...

rose—

It happened close to the hon. Gentleman’s constituency, so I will give way.

Order. Just before the hon. Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard) intervenes, I advise the House...

I will be brief, Mr Speaker.

The shadow Home Secretary is quite right to point out that abu...

I will come to that very point, but these are not historical matters, because the convictions I j...

On the Wilson doctrine, the wording of the Bill, as I understand it, relates to communications be...

I do agree with the right hon. Gentleman. I was making the point that the provisions need to be s...

If there is a matter of acute public concern and a whistleblower is making himself a real nuisanc...

The judge.

I think the Home Secretary has indicated that there would be, because her decision would be subje...

The right hon. Gentleman is bringing up a point that relates to proportionality, but it strikes m...

I do not believe it is. I put it to the hon. Gentleman that national security is a very broad ter...

Is the right hon. Gentleman seriously suggesting that a judicial commissioner would permit a poli...

I would gladly share with the right hon. and learned Gentleman some of the papers I have about th...

I have been listening carefully to the response of the right hon. Gentleman to my right hon. and ...

I am not doing that in any way, shape or form. It is wrong for the Home Secretary to stand there ...

My question to the right hon. Gentleman is this: why did it not occur to him on 4 November. On th...

Has the hon. Gentleman been listening? I began by saying the very same thing and said that we wou...

Millions of trade unionists, and many of my constituents, are genuinely concerned about the stret...

My hon. Friend has put it very well. It is a fact that trade unionists and other campaigners have...

rose—

I am going to make some more progress now.

As I understand it, the intention of the authori...

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that not only are ICRs poorly and very broadly defined, but, ...

I do agree. If such information were published, it would reveal far more about someone than an it...

I am sorry to backtrack slightly, but I have just looked up the provision relating to “economic w...

I thank the hon. and learned Lady for the law tutorial. Her point may be one for Committee rather...

The right hon. Gentleman wants the Home Secretary to draft a law that envisages every new provisi...

I disagree. I am making a legitimate point about which we feel strongly. I am saying that the mos...

The hon. and learned Member for South East Cambridgeshire (Lucy Frazer) talked about barristers p...

That is an important point, which I shall come to in a moment.

I was talking about bulk pow...

Order. In the light of the extensive interest in this debate, we shall need to begin with a limit...

I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in this debate. I want to summarise the views of...

Does my right hon. and learned Friend think that this matter could be addressed by increasing the...

This is an area that does not currently have warrantry. It is an area in which there is specific ...

Does the right hon. and learned Gentleman accept that there is a question mark over which agencie...

I understand the hon. Lady’s concern, which can be looked at. From what the Committee saw, we do ...

Before I begin my speech, on behalf of the Scottish National Party I want to associate myself wit...

If the hon. and learned Lady thinks that international comparisons are important, does she agree ...

We need to compare apples with apples and oranges with oranges. A more correct comparison is with...

Let me be absolutely clear about this. I have been in this House long enough to see Bills go thro...

But the Home Secretary misunderstands my complaint—it is not about the fact that the material has...

For clarification, so that the hon. and learned Lady is not seen to be speaking for my party, may...

I always listen carefully to what the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues have to say because, as h...

Will the hon. and learned Lady give way?

I hope the hon. Gentleman will not mind if I make some progress for the time being and possibly g...

I should emphasise that I take the letter seriously, because I regard it as a serious matter. If ...

I can only reiterate that I and many others, including more than 200 lawyers who signed this lett...

Will the hon. and learned Lady accept that she is simply wrong? In their evidence to the Joint Co...

The hon. Lady will no doubt be unsurprised to hear that I do not accept that I am wrong. She is c...

The hon. and learned Lady has made a very good speech this afternoon. Government Members should b...

Those are both issues on which we will work with the Labour party. I have already indicated that ...

That is one of the most combative and partisan speeches in support of an abstention on the Second...

rose—

I will give way just once.

I am sorry I am worrying on about this issue, but my right hon. and learned Friend has been Home ...

I do not think I am persuaded, although I do not totally reject my hon. Friend’s case. I was abou...

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?

No. Others want to get in and I do not think I will get any more injury time. I apologise.

...

I associate myself with the remarks by the Home Secretary and others, and join in sending heartfe...

What would the right hon. Gentleman say about privacy when it came to a victim of child abuse who...

As I know from my time in government, one of the greatest tools in going after precisely the perp...

Any Bill that fundamentally affects the relationship between the citizen and the state is bound t...

Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that to help our police and security services to tran...

I agree with that.

I do not have time in this Second Reading debate to do more than state t...

A comment often made to explain why political events go on for so long is that, although everythi...

With the internet connection record, we are looking for a past history for a future crime. If som...

I am not quite sure about the hon. Gentleman’s point because no one is suggesting that we would n...

Perhaps I can reassure the hon. Lady. The Home Secretary emphasised that we continue to have disc...

I am grateful to the Minister for acknowledging that the idea that one can always separate contac...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) and her interesting co...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the definition of “urgent” needs to be one for a Minister, n...

Yes, I entirely agree that the whole decision should be in the hands of the democratically electe...

I am listening to the right hon. Gentleman’s remarks, and I did similar things as a Minister, but...

No, I think the politician’s personal feelings are wholly irrelevant. They are responsible to the...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the point made by the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh ...

No, I was fully aware that I had to come regularly to the House to answer questions and that I co...

I shall come on in a few moments to some of the points raised by the right hon. Member for North ...

When I was listening to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (Mr Clarke) ta...

Order. One more speaker will have eight minutes. Then, in order to accommodate all those standing...

I wanted to contribute to today’s debate, because, like several other hon. Members in the Chamber...

I am listening very carefully to my right hon. Gentleman and I agree entirely with everything he ...

I cannot speak for the Committee as a whole, but my right hon. Friend makes a very important poin...

Order. I call Victoria Prentis, who has four minutes.

4.48 pm

Frankly, I struggled with the intricacies of RIPA and the other relevant legislation in my many y...

If we are to take the public with us on this important Bill, we need to be clear about what we wa...

Like the right hon. Member for Delyn (Mr Hanson) and others in the Chamber, I had the privilege o...

I want to make it clear that I believe that our police and security services must have the necess...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Steve McCabe), although I d...

Does my hon. Friend agree that, given the nature of these powers, no Secretary of State—certainly...

As always, my hon. Friend makes an insightful point, and I am grateful for his intervention. As d...

It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole (Michael Tomlinson). Whi...

There is nothing more important than the safety of our country and the people who reside in it. I...

As Members have heard, on the three main aims of the Bill, the SNP agrees with the Government. La...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am speaking as fast as I can; I cannot possibly give way. I am very sorry.

Such leads mus...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

No.

As Members may have heard, the First Minister of Scotland has recently announced a new ...

My thoughts on this legislation can best be summed up in three ways: first, it is about time; sec...

My hon. Friend makes the very important point that this legislation was in our manifesto. Given t...

I think the other place will enjoy being described as taking an academic approach. Yes, this very...

I pay tribute to my colleagues in the Joint Committee who have scrutinised this Bill for their st...

Does the hon. Gentleman accept that public trust is undermined when laws that are designed for se...

I have severe difficulties with some of the provisions on internet connection records in the Bill...

The primary duty of any Government is the security of its people. Above all, we need to ensure th...

Local authorities will not have the powers to deal with internet connection records. Indeed, the ...

I take my hon. Friend’s point about internet data, but local authorities will have the powers in ...

In the four hours I have been fortunate to listen to this debate, I have observed common purpose ...

Today we debate what is possibly one of the most important pieces of legislation this Session—or ...

Does my hon. Friend agree with the evidence we heard from the National Society for the Prevention...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that is exactly the sort of criminality that the Bill wil...

I know that there are strong feelings about the Bill on both sides of the House, but for me, it p...

Let me begin by thanking an enlightened and beneficent Whips Office for appointing me to the Join...

I shall be as quick as possible because I know that others want to speak. Anybody who has teenage...

I am delighted that we are finally bringing forward this long-overdue Bill. Cases such as Apple’s...

Will the hon. Lady acknowledge that Opposition Members have been careful today not to use “snoope...

I absolutely appreciate that. I was not pointing my finger at any political party in particular, ...

Striking the right balance between liberty and security is one of the most difficult judgments we...

Does the hon. Gentleman accept that at the time the Act he has just mentioned was passed, bulk po...

The hon. and learned Lady is absolutely right about that, but what is important about this Bill i...

Speaking as one of the few non-lawyers present, I must admit to having been moved by the powerful...

I strongly support the principles behind the Bill, and I accept the provision for ICRs and the pr...

We have today heard much talk about this Bill being rushed. I have had the privilege—that is one ...

Every day we compromise our right to privacy. Consciously or not, we are increasingly willing to ...

I support the Bill, having not had the privilege of ever being a lawyer. Occasionally, that is qu...

Perhaps we should reflect on the view of experts. When David Anderson gave evidence to the Home A...

My hon. Friend is right. Those of us who took part last summer in the debate on the Anderson repo...

Order. In seeking to accommodate remaining colleagues, I am afraid it is necessary now to reduce ...

I welcome the Bill because the consolidated and updated powers can be used to tackle a wide range...

This significant Bill has the potential to overhaul the framework that governs the use of surveil...

This debate is very much about striking a balance between privacy and security, as I understand v...

Clearly, when we grant the Government powers to infringe on our privacy, such powers must be deem...

It is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp). This ...

I was opposed to the 2000 Act, and I had concerns about the 2014 Act. If our starting point is wh...

I am not sure what the collective noun is for lawyers.

A pain.

It may be a pain, a chorus, a dazzle or an appeal. Whatever it is, I rise to join that group and ...

I pay tribute to all contributions made during this debate. Anyone who has been involved in real ...

This has been a good debate and I pay tribute to all contributors. We have heard a great deal of ...

I remind the House that the programme motion in the Order Paper was published in error, a fact of...