Investigatory Powers Bill (Second sitting)

Debate between Matt Warman and Suella Braverman
Thursday 24th March 2016

(9 years, 7 months ago)

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Matt Warman Portrait Matt Warman
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Q You talked about updating the legislation and the importance of that. Do you see an internet connection record or something equivalent to it as a key part of updating this legislation for the world we live in now?

Charles Clarke: I do personally, yes.

Lord Reid: I do as well. Not to test the Committee, but two years after 7/7, on 6 August 2006, there was a plot to bring down seven airliners. There would have been 2,500 victims, and intercept was absolutely essential in protecting those lives—absolutely essential—with both the internet and telephone communications.

Suella Braverman Portrait Suella Fernandes
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Q It has been raised before, but some witnesses have said that warrantry should be solely within the Executive function—

Lord Reid: What, sorry?

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