Investigatory Powers Bill
Debate between Lord Strasburger and Lord King of Bridgwater(8 years, 4 months ago)
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Lord Strasburger
I assure my noble friend and the noble Lord, Lord King, that the report by the Joint Committee was not unanimous. We had something like 10 divisions, and for some peculiar reason I found myself on the wrong end of most of them.
Lord King of Bridgwater
If the noble Lord looks at the report, he will see that the paragraphs that I referred to were unanimously agreed.
Draft Investigatory Powers Bill
Debate between Lord Strasburger and Lord King of Bridgwater(9 years ago)
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Lord Strasburger (LD)
My Lords, shortly after being introduced to this House I had the temerity to start raising concerns about the plethora of unfit legislation covering digital surveillance powers and the ineffective controls and oversight over their use. Initially, my questions in this Chamber were met with a mixture of stonewalling by Ministers and ridicule from certain noble Lords connected to the security establishment.
Lord Strasburger
It will come. I am gratified to see that all parts of the House now recognise that the current laws are hopelessly flawed and that we need to start with a clean sheet of paper to build a fresh legislative framework to cover this important and contentious area. When I start to read this 370-page document I shall do so in the hope that the detail can live up to the billing the Home Secretary gave it a few hours ago. From listening to her replies to questions, I know already that there are several concerns, including a forthcoming deadly embrace with the industry over encryption.