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.
Keir Starmer: I have already drawn considerable attention to clause 161(5), to which these amendments pertain. I have made my submissions. In the same manner in which I did not press earlier amendments and notwithstanding the importance I attach to these issues, I will not press the amendment. Amendment not moved.
Keir Starmer: I have tabled a number of amendments to modification provisions throughout the Bill. The Minister has indicated that the Government are considering how the modification provisions will work throughout the Bill. In the circumstances, I will not press the amendment. Amendment not moved.
Keir Starmer: I beg to move amendment 721, in clause 177, page 136, line 21, leave out subsection (3)(a)(iii). With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment 722, in clause 178, page 137, line 25, leave out subsection (5)(a)(iii).
Keir Starmer: These familiar amendments deal with the judicial test, which crops up on a number of occasions in the Bill. In the light of our ongoing discussion about the test, I do not intend to press the amendments. The amendment is not moved.
Keir Starmer: The amendments, like earlier amendments, would require more specific operational purposes. In light of the discussions and exchanges we had earlier, I will not move the amendment. Amendment not moved.
Keir Starmer: We are in the familiar territory of modifications; the provisions of clause 186 are very similar to others that we have covered in great detail. For those reasons, I shall not move the amendment. The amendment is not moved.