Investigatory Powers Bill

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend. Lord Pannick played an important part in helping to refine ...

Will my hon. and learned Friend tell the House what the double lock for the most intrusive warran...

My hon. Friend is right to remind the House about one of the truly innovative parts of the Bill. ...

The hon. and learned Gentleman was referred earlier by the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Ho...

The hon. and learned Lady will know that the interpretation of scope taken in the other place is ...

Would my hon. and learned Friend not go further and say that a Bill on national security is preci...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. The Bill is all about balance and the importance the Exe...

Does my hon. and learned Friend agree that phone hacking, which we hear so much about, particular...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to remind us that where we have existing mechanisms —and the c...

Does my hon. and learned Friend agree that, in respect of the consultation that the Secretary of ...

My hon. Friend the Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee puts it more succinctly than I...

Who exactly is going to be consulted?

It is a public consultation and invites comment from all members of the public, from whatever cor...

I should note that the Select Committee will be taking evidence from victims of phone hacking and...

The Government warmly welcome that approach. The work of the Select Committee—indeed all Select C...

I am glad to rise in support, once again, of these very important amendments. I believe that any ...

Will the hon. Lady explain one point about the amendment? Why should the press be punished if it ...

If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I will complete my next paragraph and then address his poi...

The hon. Lady mentions phone hacking again, so let me remind her that phone hacking is an illegal...

It may be a criminal offence, but the entire House knows that time after time, tabloid editors an...

Does the hon. Lady agree that the virtue of Leveson was that it was an inquiry held in public wit...

I am grateful to the hon. and learned Lady for that very important point. Leveson was public and ...

I rise to support my hon. and learned Friend the Solicitor General in his resistance to the Lords...

I am listening with great care to what the right hon. and learned Gentleman is saying. May I sugg...

It might if both new clauses became law, but it might not if the new clause to which the hon. and...

Is there not another choice that the media can make? Can they not choose to subscribe to a compli...

Of course I understand what my right hon. Friend has said. He is one of the most sophisticated pr...

Does the right hon. and learned Gentleman not see a difference between himself—as he has already ...

I do not wish to be rude to the hon. Lady, but I did not say any of those things. I am not a lead...

We do.

My hon. Friend clearly does.

I absolutely disagree with my right hon. and learned Friend. I have been sitting here listening t...

My hon. Friend’s intervention demonstrates to me that I have not made myself clear. What I am sug...

Order. Before I call the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) on beha...

I rise to support the shadow Home Secretary and her motion to accept these amendments. I will kee...

Does the hon. and learned Lady recall that the reason we reached the agreement we did was a deter...

I agree. I was not here when these matters were previously discussed in this House but I followed...

In all the years I have been here, I have never before found myself in agreement with the hon. Me...

What plans does my hon. Friend have for the internet, which is not governed by these measures and...

The internet is not policed and that is as it should be, but my hon. Friend has to understand why...

First, I echo what Members have said across the House about the importance of a free press and a ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the demands that the nation puts on the media would be satisfied i...

My right hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. If such an accessible arbitration syste...

I rise briefly to express my agreement with the Solicitor General and particularly with my hon. F...

This is an absolutely dreadful amendment and it should be thrown out, rejected and sent back to t...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset (Mr Rees-Mogg), who ...

We have heard many heartfelt contributions to this debate from Members on both sides of the House...

Order. I think the hon. and learned Gentleman is seeking the leave of the House to respond to the...

I certainly am. I seek the leave of the House to respond to the debate, but time does not permit ...

I congratulate the hon. and learned Gentleman on his excellent brevity.

Question put,

Order. If Members are leaving the Chamber following the previous business, I hope that they will ...