Children: Covert Human Intelligence Sources Debate

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Department: Department for International Development

Children: Covert Human Intelligence Sources

Lord West of Spithead Excerpts
Monday 18th March 2019

(5 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord West of Spithead Portrait Lord West of Spithead (Lab)
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My Lords, does the Minister agree that the Investigatory Powers Act has been the most amazingly successful piece of legislation? It has enabled us, for example, to identify the growth in right-wing extremism, into which the agencies have put a great deal of effort recently. We should be pleased that it went through this House and the other House and is now on the statute book.

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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The noble Lord is right, especially given the events of the past few weeks,