Investigatory Powers Bill (Fifteenth sitting) Debate
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Victoria Atkins
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Investigatory Powers Bill (Fifteenth sitting)
Victoria Atkins ExcerptsTuesday 3rd May 2016
(8 years, 6 months ago)
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Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle) (Con)
This is a general point. Although we are examining this Bill in detail, there will of course be an ongoing debate, particularly as the technical companies tussle with the public, about what the public find acceptable. Those companies should not think that the debate ends here; they will have to justify their actions to the public in future.
The Solicitor General
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The code of practice has been drafted in that real-life context. It will no doubt be amended and looked at—it will be a living document—as this technology develops and as we move forward. With this clause, we are trying—I do not like this phrase, but I have to use it—to future-proof the legislation to make it resilient so that it lasts and to ensure that this House does not have to return to it time and again to respond to the challenges that increased and enhanced IT present.