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Untitled Proceeding contribution

Proceeding contribution from Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 5 October 2020. It occurred during Debate on bills on Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill.

Does the right hon. Member agree that it is all well and good having oversight after the effect, but there is a real danger that the authority providing authorisation before the effect is the same authority that is doing the investigation? We all have systems of tunnel vision when we are in the middle of something and are unable to see the wider aspect, and independence at the pre-authorisation stage is really important.