Asked by: Lord Goodman of Wycombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in Complainant v Secret Intelligence Service [2025] UKIPTrib 9, what is their policy on the authorisation of conduct which may risk criminal liability when undertaken on UK soil; and what assessment they have made of whether such conduct can be authorised by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994.
Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)
It is the longstanding policy of successive governments that we do not comment on intelligence matters.