Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Christopher Pincher and Huw Merriman

Monday 16th November 2015 Commons Chamber

[Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con)]

8. What steps the Government are taking to ensure that investigatory powers used by the police and the security services are defined in a legal framework.

[Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle) (Con)]

10. What steps she has taken to ensure that the powers proposed for the police in the draft Investigatory Powers Bill are transparent and subject to oversight.

[The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mrs Theresa May)]

The Government have been clear about the need to provide law enforcement and security and intelligence agencies with the powers they need to protect the public in a clear and transparent legal framework. The draft Investigatory Powers Bill was published on 4 November and will be subject to pre-legislative scrutiny by a Joint Committee of both Houses.