Electronic Surveillance
(asked on 5th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the composition of the Technical Advisory Panel established under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
It is for the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, Lord Justice Fulford, to establish the Technology Advisory Panel (TAP), decide upon its composition, and appoint its members. Lord Justice Fulford took over responsibility for the oversight of investigatory powers by public authorities on 1st September 2017 and will appoint members of the TAP in due course.
Lord Justice Fulford has said he would be happy to discuss the establishment of the TAP, the wider set-up of his office, and any other matters relating to his duties with interested Members of Parliament or Lords.