The “Five Eyes” partnership of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America and the UK has been in existence since the Second World War. The UK is the only one out of those five that feels the need for Secretaries of State or politicians in general to be involved in authorising warrants. I was wondering why the UK has to stand out alone in that way.
Investigatory Powers Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Strasburger
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 11 July 2016.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Investigatory Powers Bill.
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Reference
774 c110
Session
2016-17
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