Interception in immigration detention facilities

Part of Investigatory Powers Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:00 pm on 14 April 2016.

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Photo of Keir Starmer Keir Starmer Shadow Minister (Home Office) 2:00, 14 April 2016

We will not oppose the Clause but I wish to put on record our concern about immigration detention and the intercept of communications in immigration detention facilities. There is growing concern, as has already been said, about the fact of that detention, the length of it and the conditions. There have been a number of reports, to which the Government have responded. In those circumstances, it is incumbent on the Government to justify the clause, although we will not seek to delete it.

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