Members: Surveillance

(asked on 22nd October 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to sanction intelligence gathering and surveillance of Members of Parliament.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 5th November 2019

We have no specific plans in this area. The Investigatory Powers Act 2016, and some parts for the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, provide the framework for the use of intelligence gathering and surveillance capabilities by the UK Intelligence Community and law enforcement agencies.

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