GCHQ

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:07 pm on 10 June 2013.

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Photo of Dominic Raab Dominic Raab Conservative, Esher and Walton 4:07, 10 June 2013

I welcome the reassurances given by the Foreign Secretary. I merely seek clarification of one point. If the UK is intercepting e-mails of British citizens, it requires a warrant from the Secretary of State, but that vital check is not in place when communications are received under Prism. Does the Foreign Secretary accept that Prism can be used quite legally to sidestep the level of safeguards that apply to UK-sourced intercept? How do we mitigate that risk?