Press Matters Debate

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Press Matters

Andrew Murrison Excerpts
1st reading: House of Commons
Tuesday 1st November 2016

(8 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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This is a full, open consultation on which no decisions have been taken.

Andrew Murrison Portrait Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) (Con)
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The Secretary of State is absolutely right to stand up for independence, regulation and arbitration, but the consultation she has announced today will of course delay, at best, section 40. Does she not agree, therefore, that it would be reasonable to accept Baroness Hollins’s amendments to clause 8 of the Investigatory Powers Bill?

Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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I do not agree with that point. The Investigatory Powers Bill is a matter of national security and nothing should get in the way of us passing it to establish an Act of Parliament to ensure that we have the right powers for our law enforcement to keep us all safe.