Draft Investigatory Powers Bill

My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for repeating the Statement made by the Home Secretary in th...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, for his broad welcome of this. He is right to poin...

My Lords, I start on a rather personal note by saying to my noble friend how pleased I am—I think...

I am grateful to my noble friend. Of course, I recognise the work that he undertook, not only as ...

My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Lord, Lord King, about the Minister. I am very glad that ...

The noble Lord is absolutely right, of course, and brings his wealth of experience to this area. ...

My Lords, I think it is necessary that we take the new powers and I broadly welcome the additiona...

In many ways, we are starting from similar positions. The noble Lord believes that the people who...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his kind remarks about the Joint Comm...

The noble Lord is right, but that might not be necessary. I appreciate that the Bill has only jus...

My Lords, I, too, welcome the continuity and the expertise that the Minister brings, as well as h...

In terms of the judicial role, the judge will have sight of the same information as the Secretary...

My Lords, perhaps I may remind my noble friend and the House that there are four parliamentarians...

My noble friend is absolutely right. We talk a lot about liberty and security but in order to enj...

My Lords, although I agree with the noble Lord, Lord King, that is it is a delight to have the Mi...

The noble Lord is absolutely right. This is why it is important to work with communication servic...

My Lords, this has been described as a tidying-up Bill, and the reason for it is that the securit...

That is one of the reasons why we have put in place a much stronger, clearer and well-resourced i...

Can I press the Minister on what the Government intend by judicial authorisation? The Statement t...

We have stated that there is a double lock, and it is just that. Without both the judge and the S...

If the judge, in the explanation just given by the Minister, can effectively veto the Secretary o...

Accountability lies in that it was the Secretary of State, first, who made the decision and that ...

My Lords, shortly after being introduced to this House I had the temerity to start raising concer...

Where is your question?

It will come. I am gratified to see that all parts of the House now recognise that the current la...

Question!

I shall save my questions for the Select Committee, but in the mean time I shall ask just one. Wh...

The Joint Committee is in the process of being formed, through the usual channels. It is hoped th...

We talked about trust and getting the balance right in the Bill, but it works both ways. Yes, of ...

I totally agree—that is why the police have put out such a thorough operational case for this. It...