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Lord West of Spithead Excerpts

Monday 18th March 2019 Lords Chamber

[Lord West of Spithead (Lab)]

My Lords, does the Minister agree that the Investigatory Powers Act has been the most amazingly successful piece of legislation? It has enabled us, for example, to identify the growth in right-wing extremism, into which the agencies have put a great deal of effort recently. We should be pleased that it went through this House and the other House and is now on the statute book.

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

The noble Lord is right, especially given the events of the past few weeks,