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Telecommunications (Security) Bill

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Merron (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 19 October 2021. It occurred during Debate on bills on Telecommunications (Security) Bill.

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for tabling Amendments 2 and 7 again on Report. I will not take up much time discussing them, not least because the Labour Front Bench tabled similar amendments in Committee better to understand what advice the Secretary of State will receive and where it will come from when making regulations under Clause 2. As the noble Lord said, we must ensure that the Secretary of State receives advice from the best experts, not just those who support the Government.

As the former Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, focused only on the incompatibility of a similar board set up by the Investigatory Powers Act, can the Minister today simply answer this question: without such a board, where will the Secretary of State receive advice, and from whom?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
815 c79 
Session
2021-22
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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