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Oral Answers to Questions

Lord Hanson of Flint Excerpts
Monday 22nd February 2016

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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I can assure the hon. Gentleman of that and, as I said in my answer to his initial question, we will ensure that full cost recovery applies to operational costs for any companies that have, for example, notices issued to them. It is clear that that is what we have done as a Government in the past and what previous Governments have done, and we will continue to do it.

Lord Hanson of Flint Portrait Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab)
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Will the Home Secretary look carefully at the recommendations from the Joint Committee on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill on the definition of internet connection records? We were very clear that greater clarity is needed on the definition to allow the private sector fully to cost its proposals.

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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I thank the right hon. Gentleman and the other Members of this House and of the other place who sat on the Committee and did an excellent job of producing a well-thought-through and careful report. We will of course carefully consider the issue of definition. We are looking at all three of the reports from the Science and Technology Committee, the Intelligence and Security Committee and the Joint Committee and we will make revised Bill proposals in due course.