Before the right hon. Gentleman moves on to his next subject, there is also an issue of trust. The Bill envisages giving the Government a significant degree of ability to authorise criminal activity. As someone who is happy to give this Bill a fair wind with certain conditions, I say that if the Government cannot see fit to include on the face of the Bill this very modest new clause from our Committee—it is only about numbers, not details—I think trust in the Government is rather diminished.
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Stewart Hosie
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 15 October 2020.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill.
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