The Joint Committee on the draft Bill debated this matter in some detail. We concluded that it is better for judicial commissioners to have experience on both sides of the fence, as it were, just as at the criminal Bar barristers tend to prosecute and defend, so that they have knowledge of both sides. Secondly, the Committee was optimistic that it would help to attract judges of the right calibre to apply to be auditors.
Investigatory Powers Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Victoria Atkins
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 June 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Investigatory Powers Bill.
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