I thank the hon. and learned Lady for the law tutorial. Her point may be one for Committee rather than Second Reading. However, I did refer to it earlier. The Bill uses the word “relevant”; it does not use the words “directly linked to national security”. She pulls a face, but I am sure that I speak for every Labour Member when I say that there is no room for ambiguity when it comes to these matters. The Government must be absolutely clear about what they mean. We have seen trade unionists targeted in the past on the basis of similar justifications, and we will not allow it to happen again.
Investigatory Powers Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Andy Burnham
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 15 March 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Investigatory Powers Bill.
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