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Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords]

Before the right hon. Gentleman moves on, I wish to pick up on his point about the need for continually keeping up with the changing technology.

One thing that was expected when the ISC was created was that it would become, if not quite a grandees Committee, a Committee of people who knew exactly what they were doing and took very seriously the issues before them, including the confidentiality of what they do. At least one of the Chairmen of the ISC has complained in the past about the level of redaction of ISC reports. That matters in the context of keeping up with the times because the only way the House of Commons has of understanding the ISC’s opinions is by reading its reports, and if Members are reading a lot of blank or black lines, they will not learn very much.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
747 c1316 
Session
2023-24
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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