Investigatory Powers Bill

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Hamwee and I have Amendments 26 to 31 in this group. Under Amendme...

My Lords, some of these amendments were discussed in the other place. They would remove the abili...

My Lords, I should mention that this subject was covered extensively in the Joint Committee on th...

A thematic targeted warrant will be granted only in circumstances where the Secretary of State is...

I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for his explanation and I am reassured to some extent...

Moved by

Lord Paddick

32: Clause 19, page 14, line 30, leave out “The Secretary of St...

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Hamwee and I have Amendments 32 to 36 in this group. These amendme...

I support what the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, has said, and I too would be grateful for an explana...

My Lords, I spent a lot of time sitting on the Joint Committee, and since then, searching in vain...

My Lords, the Secretary of State’s involvement in law enforcement warrants is a historical hangov...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, explained, these amendments seek to place the sole dec...

I think the Minister will have to concede that the notion of democratic accountability is wafer t...

Will the noble Lord be kind enough to repeat the last part of his question?

The “Five Eyes” partnership of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America and the UK has been in exi...

It is really quite difficult for me to answer the noble Lord’s question on the “Five Eyes”: it ha...

Before the Minister sits down, could I test his patience? Will he write to me on the question tha...

I should be happy to write to the noble Lord on that point.

I am grateful to the Minister for his explanation. I did say that the amendments were probing one...

Moved by

Lord Paddick

37: Clause 20, page 16, line 11, at end insert—

“( ) A wa...

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Hamwee and I have Amendments 37, 121, 153 and 161 in this group. B...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, explained, these amendments seek to provide that certa...

Can the Minister give the Committee a practical example of where it would be necessary and propor...

I think the noble Lord helpfully makes my point for me. As I said at the outset, we are dealing w...

I am sorry to prolong this but I am not agreeing with the noble and learned Lord, I am asking for...

For example, in the case of a missing person there may be no reasonable suspicion but it may stil...

I am very grateful to the Minister. While I accept that there are some cases where the test of re...

Moved by

Earl Howe

38: Clause 21, page 17, line 31, at end insert—

“( ) The fac...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 38, I will speak also to Amendments 117, 118, 120, 155, 157, 162, 1...

The noble Earl recognises in his amendment that legitimate trade union activities would not of th...

I cannot do so and I am not sure that it is necessary for me to do so, because if, as I have expl...

Unless the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, has driven a coach and horses through these amendments—I sha...