The noble Earl recognises in his amendment that legitimate trade union activities would not of themselves be sufficient to establish the necessity of a warrant. I wonder whether the Government’s position is that they also recognise that legitimate trade union activities could not be relevant to the issue of a warrant, because the amendment does not go that far. If the Government do not recognise that, can they give a practical example of where legitimate trade union activities—I emphasise legitimate—could even be relevant to the issue of a warrant?
Investigatory Powers Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Pannick
(Crossbench)
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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