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Investigatory Powers Bill

Proceeding contribution from Andrew Murrison (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 November 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills on Investigatory Powers Bill.

On the question of proportionality, does the hon. and learned Lady agree that the proposals must be put into some sort of context? As Lord Rooker pointed out yesterday, the problem is that we have a commercial sector with a large number of commercial providers who are busy harvesting data all the time in order to advertise things to us. Since the powers that the state is taking to itself are similar in some respects, it is important to bear that in mind when trying to ensure that we have some level of proportionality.

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Reference

616 c851 

Session

2016-17

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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