Report Nov. 29 2023
Committee: International Relations and Defence CommitteeFound: underwater vehicles, and the construction of a trans-Arctic fibre-optic cable.37 40.
Found: This includes new military assistance of 120 armoured vehicles and new anti - ship missile systems, with
Aug. 11 2023
Source Page: Interim evaluation of 5G Testbeds and Trials ProgrammeFound: Aerial Vehicles (UAVs - drones) and robotics to support the traditional forest manager dealing with
Jul. 18 2023
Source Page: Counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST) 2023Found: The majority of related activity in the UK has consisted of lawful protest, and where these have involved
Jul. 18 2023
Source Page: Counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST) 2023Found: The majority of related activity in the UK has consisted of lawful protest, and where these have involved
Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) .”In commenting on that, can the Minister also tell us how we have responded to Iran’s provision of unmanned - Speech Link
2: Lord Dholakia (LDEM - Life peer) There is one change in the protest marches that are now taking place: it is a revolution carried out - Speech Link
3: Baroness Cox (CB - Life peer) But the answer to their protest was gunshots, prison and execution. - Speech Link
Feb. 22 2023
Source Page: Review of emerging technologies in policing: findings and recommendationsFound: They examine how unmanned aerial vehicles [UAVs or drones '] have c ome into routine police practices
Feb. 22 2023
Source Page: Legal frameworks and ethical standards workstream report: Final ReportFound: legal framework and policy guidance for other technologies such as: facial recognition technologies ; unmanned
Mentions:
1: James Heappey (CON - Wells) , more than 400 artillery pieces decimated and scores of fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and unmanned - Speech Link
2: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) possibly thousands of Russian civilians are in jail, arrested simply for exercising their human right to protest - Speech Link
3: Liam Fox (CON - North Somerset) alone we saw 1,300 arrests in Moscow, and we should give our support to those willing to make that protest - Speech Link
4: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) place like Clydebank, I am keenly aware of what it is like growing up in a place that had the worst aerial - Speech Link
Asked by: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) if drones are used by the police to monitor protests that protesters are aware that aerial surveillance will be taking place, and (b) should government agencies wish to use drones for covert surveillance that authorisation will only be given when necessary and proportionate.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Decisions to use drones and in what circumstances, are operational matters for police forces who, when operating drones, are subject to the requirements of the Air Navigation Order and data protection law, including the need to provide data protection impact assessments.
Covert surveillance activities of public authorities are governed by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 and Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act (RIPSA) 2000. Authorisation for using drones for covert surveillance is therefore considered by agencies on a case by case basis, in accordance with the requirements of RIPA.