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Part of Investigatory Powers Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:15 pm on 1 November 2016.

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Photo of Andrew Murrison Andrew Murrison Conservative, South West Wiltshire 4:15, 1 November 2016

It is not a question of being forced. The hon. Lady may recall that this measure was subject to a Joint Committee on the draft Bill. There can be no Bill in recent memory that has had more scrutiny than this one. Will she also note clause 232, which establishes a review of this measure after five years—a most unusual mechanism for a Bill of this sort—and give the Government credit for doing everything in their power to reconcile the need to protect our liberties with the need to protect the press?