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Keir Starmer: I wish to help the Minister. One of the points I was making does not withstand scrutiny and I will not pursue it or press the amendment. I accept what is being said.
Keir Starmer: One concern is that under subsections (9) and (10) as they stand there is no requirement for modification that touches on MPs or legal privilege to go to a judicial commissioner, which is at variance with the point that the Solicitor General just made.
Albert Owen: We now come to amendment 646 to clause 109. I call Keir Starmer.
Keir Starmer: I beg to move amendment 649, in clause 114, page 91, line 42, after “not”, insert “without reasonable excuse”.
Keir Starmer: I beg to move amendment 496, in clause 116, page 93, line 39, leave out subsection (3) and insert— “(3) In proceedings against any person for an offence under this section in respect of any disclosure, it is a defence for the person to show that the disclosure was in the public interest.”
Keir Starmer: I beg to move amendment 651, in clause 121, page 98, line 9, leave out subsection (2)(b).
Keir Starmer: I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Keir Starmer: I beg to move amendment 662, in clause 123, page 99, line 3, leave out “review the Secretary of State’s conclusions as to the following matters” and insert “determine”.
Keir Starmer: I beg to move amendment 664, in clause 125, page 99, line 42, leave out “but the purposes may still be general purposes” and insert “and any specification must be described in as much detail as is reasonably practicable”.
Keir Starmer: I beg to move amendment 667, in clause 128, page 101, line 39, at end insert— “(c) may only be made if the Secretary of State considers that it is proportionate to the operational purposes specified in the warrant.”
Keir Starmer: I beg to move amendment 671, in clause 129, page 102, line 41, leave out “ending with the fifth working day after the day on which” and insert “of 48 hours after”.
Keir Starmer: I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Keir Starmer: I beg to move amendment 504, in clause 135, page 108, line 12, after “items”, insert “presumptively”.
Keir Starmer: I will give way, but I am conscious that lots of other people want to get in, and by taking interventions I am holding them up.
Keir Starmer: I am grateful.
Keir Starmer: My concern is that acquisition and examination are dealt with in the same warrant, so I think we are dealing with access. It probably does not affect the second point about how it is dealt with generally. The point is that these warrants do provide for examination.
Keir Starmer: rose—
Keir Starmer: I will reflect on what the Minister has said and in the meantime will not press the amendment to a vote. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Keir Starmer: I beg to move amendment 698, in clause 157, page 123, line 3, leave out from “must” to end of line and insert “determine”. With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment 699, in clause 157, page 123, line 15, leave out subsection (2).
Keir Starmer: The amendments deal with the periods during which an urgent warrant is valid. They are serial in the sense that they are the same as the provisions I tabled for approval warrants in urgent cases for other bulk powers. I will not press the amendment. Amendment not moved.