Communications Data and Interception

Derek Twigg Excerpts

Thursday 10th July 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mrs May]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right and puts it extremely well.

[Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab)]

The Home Secretary said that “the Government will also introduce a package of measures to reassure the public that their rights to security and privacy are equally protected.” What will the key parts of that package be?

[Mrs May]

Yes, I did refer to that. We are going to ensure that we have more transparency from Government through the information that we will publish in an annual transparency report, within parameters. We will also reduce the number of bodies that are able to have access to the communications data, establish a privacy and civil liberties board based on the US model, have a review of the capabilities and powers that are necessary against the threats we face and the ways in which those are regulated, and lead discussions with other Governments on how we deal with these matters of sharing data across borders.