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Investigatory Powers Bill

Proceeding contribution from Bill Wiggin (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 15 November 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills on Investigatory Powers Bill.

In all the years I have been here, I have never before found myself in agreement with the hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott) so I am deeply unhappy about this debate and the fact that I have been put in this position.

I also feel very uncomfortable with some of the things my hon. and learned Friend the Solicitor General has said, because I know that in his heart he, like me, would like to see low-cost arbitration. That is why I am so pleased with the Culture Secretary and the wonderful steps she has taken to keep people like me onside—people who passionately care about redress for ordinary people. This is the 21st century; it is the age of information and that is why the quality of information is so critical. We as a Government cannot police the media, and I believe my right hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin) understood that when he put forward his royal commission proposals, but we must do our bit to ensure the quality of information is good enough, and at the moment it is not.

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Reference

617 c165 

Session

2016-17

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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