Counter-Terrorism Bill
1:00 pm
Dominic Grieve (Shadow Attorney General, Law Officers; Beaconsfield, Conservative)
I turn then to data sharing, on which the Bill contains a considerable amount of new legislation. As we perceive it—I think that we have probably understood it correctly—part of it will bring the work of the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service on to a statutory footing in this area. Nevertheless, in some ways, the powers involved represent a radical departure and envisage the ability to share information, explicitly on a statutory basis, for reasons other than crime prevention or dealing with crime. The concept of national security is not necessarily highly defined. Do you have a view on that?