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Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

With regard to the appropriate checks and balances and the need for authorisation to be proportionate and necessary, does the right hon. Gentleman agree that it would be wrong to straitjacket our agencies? There needs to be discretion. Our country works with judicial discretion, whereby judges can depart in exceptional circumstances. Without knowing what will come, it would not be appropriate to straitjacket the action that may or may not be taken with regard to what is proportionate and necessary.

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Reference

681 c682 

Session

2019-21

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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