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Investigatory Powers Bill

Proceeding contribution from George Howarth (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 June 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills on Investigatory Powers Bill.

My right hon. Friend is making a very powerful case. I do not know whether he is aware of this, but when the issue first arose during the last Parliament, I took it up with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to ask whether there was any involvement on the part of the Metropolitan police. I got a letter back not from the commissioner himself, but from a senior member of his staff, who now works for one of the agencies, flatly denying that there was any such involvement. Something was happening, as the excerpt my right hon. Friend has read out shows, yet even as recently as three or four years ago, the Metropolitan police utterly denied it.

9.15 pm

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
611 c957 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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