ILPA evidence to the Public Bill Committee on the Investigatory Powers Bill 07 April 2016

Below is ILPA’s evidence to the Public Bill Committee on the Investigatory Powers Bill. This briefing covers

• Clause 44 Interception in immigration detention facilities in Chapter 2, Other forms of lawful interception, Interception taking place in certain institutions.
• Clause 96 Power to issue warrants to law enforcement officers and Schedule 4 Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers, insofar as they pertain to immigration officers, whether senior or not.

Updated with additional resources

Part 1 of the Bill (General privacy protections) was debated in the Committee’s 3^rd sitting.

Part 2 of the Bill (Lawful interception of communications) was debated in the Committee’s 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and 6^th sittings.

Committee Debate 3^rd sitting: House of Commons 12 April 2016

Matters covered from Part 2 were:

• Warrants under this Chapter

Committee Debate 4^th sitting: House of Commons 12 April 2016

Matters covered from Part 2 were:

• Warrants under this Chapter (continued)
• Power to issue warrants
• Approval of warrants by Judicial Commissioners
• Additional safeguards
• Further provision about warrants (partially)

Committee Debate 5^th sitting: House of Commons 14 April 2016

Matters covered from Part 2 were:

• Further provision about warrants (continued)
• Implementation of warrants
• (Chapter 2: Other forms of lawful interception)
• Interception with consent
• Interception for administrative or enforcement purposes
• Interception taking place in certain institutions (partially)

Committee Debate 6^th sitting: House of Commons 14 April 2016

Matters covered from Part 2 were:

• Interception taking place in certain institutions (continued and including Clause 44)
• Interception in accordance with overseas requests
• (Chapter 3 Other provisions about interception)
• Restrictions on use or disclosure of material obtained under warrants etc.
• Interpretation

Part 3 of the Bill (Authorisations for obtaining communications data) was debated in the Committee’s 6^th, 7th and 8th sittings.

Committee Debate 6^th sitting: House of Commons 14 April 2016

Matters covered from Part 3 were:

• Targeted authorisations for obtaining data
• Filtering arrangements for obtaining data

Committee Debate 7^th sitting: House of Commons 19 April 2016

Matters covered from Part 3 were:

• Relevant public authorities other than local authorities
• Local authorities
• Additional protections
• Collaboration agreements (partially)

Committee Debate 8^th sitting: House of Commons 19 April 2016

Matters covered from Part 3 were:

• Collaboration agreements (continued)
• Further and supplementary provision

Part 4 of the Bill (Retention of communications data) was debated in the Committee’s 8^th sitting.

Part 5 of the Bill (Equipment interference) was debated in the Committee’s 8^{th, 9th} and 10th sittings.

Committee Debate 8^th sitting: House of Commons 19 April 2016

Matters covered from Part 5 were:

• Warrants under this Part
• Power to issue warrants (partially) 

Committee Debate 9^th sitting: House of Commons 21 April 2016

Matters covered from Part 5 were:

• Power to issue warrants (continued)
• Approval of warrants by Judicial Commissioners
• Additional safeguards
• Further provision about warrants

 Committee Debate 10^th sitting: House of Commons 21 April 2016

• Implementation of warrants
• Supplementary provision

Part 6 of the Bill (Bulk warrants) was debated in the Committee’s 10^th, 11^th and 12^th sittings. 

Committee Debate 10^th sitting: House of Commons 21 April 2016

Matters covered from Part 6 were:

(Chap 1: Bulk interception warrants)

• Bulk interception warrants
• Duration, modification and cancellation of warrants
• Implementation of warrants
• Restrictions on use or disclosure of material obtained under warrants etc.
• Interpretation

Committee Debate 11^th sitting: House of Commons 26 April 2016

Matters covered from Part 6 were:

• (Chap 2: Bulk acquisition warrants)
• Bulk acquisition warrants
• Duration, modification and cancellation of warrants
• Implementation of warrants
• Restrictions on use or disclosure of data obtained under warrants etc.
• Supplementary provision
• (Chap 3: Bulk equipment interference warrants)
• Bulk equipment interference warrants (partially)

Committee Debate 12^th sitting: House of Commons 26 April 2016

Matters covered from Part 6 were:

• Bulk equipment interference warrants
• Duration, modification and cancellation of warrants
• Implementation of warrants
• Restrictions on use or disclosure of material obtained under warrants etc.
• Interpretation

Part 7 of the Bill (Bulk personal dataset warrants) was debated in the Committees’ 12^th sitting.

 A link to the debates and amendments addressed are available below.

Document Date

2016-04-07

Issue Number

16.04.32034

Attachments:

• Investigatory Powers Bill_ILPA written evidence (06 April 2016)
• Committee Debate: 3rd sitting: House of Commons 12 April 2016
• Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 12 April 2016
• Committee Debate:4th sitting: House of Commons 12 April 2016
• Committee Debate: 5th sitting: House of Commons 14 April 2016
• Committee Debate: 6th sitting: House of Commons 14 April 2016
• Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 14 April 2016
• Committee Debate: 7th sitting: House of Commons 19 April 2016
• Committee Debate: 8th sitting: House of Commons 19 April 2016
• Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 19 April 2016
• Committee Debate: 9th sitting: House of Commons 21 April 2016
• Committee Debate: 10th sitting: House of Commons 21 April 2016
• Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 April 2016
• Committee Debate: 11th sitting: House of Commons 26 April 2016
• Committee Debate: 12th sitting: House of Commons 26 April 2016
• Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 26 April 2016