Power to issue warrants to law enforcement officers

Part of Investigatory Powers Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:15 pm on 21 April 2016.

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Photo of John Hayes John Hayes Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) 12:15, 21 April 2016

The hon. and learned Lady, with due respect, is shifting the ground. On the one hand, she says that she compares the arrangements for searching a house, the warrant for which is approved by a judge, with this system, on the grounds that there should be judicial involvement in both. On the other, when I said that there will be judicial involvement in both, she returned to the argument that the Secretary of State should be involved. I think she needs to know what she wants.