On the grounds that it will save me time when I wrap up at the end of the debate, I will make it clear now. His Majesty’s Treasury is responsible for civil enforcement of financial sanctions regulations, and some information that is essential to carrying out its civil enforcement functions is now communications data, such as the timestamp on online banking transactions. His Majesty’s Treasury cannot currently use its information powers to compel that information to be provided by a telecoms operator, so to go back to the statement I made earlier, local authority trading standards teams are responsible for a range for legislation where enforcement requires investigation and may need to draw on communications data.
Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Tom Tugendhat
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 25 March 2024.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords].
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