The Investigatory Powers Act

Forums New posts
Jack

Jack

Private Member
Joined
Nov 11, 2007
A bill giving the UK intelligence agencies and police the most sweeping surveillance powers in the western world has passed into law with barely a whimper, meeting only token resistance over the past 12 months from inside parliament and barely any from outside.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/19/extreme-surveillance-becomes-uk-law-with-barely-a-whimper?CMP=share_btn_fb

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned on here. I thought there would be more than a few would be up in arms about “The UK has just legalised the most extreme surveillance in the history of western democracy. It goes further than many autocracies.”

Further disappointment in Labour, the official opposition, doing sweet fuck all and the SNP nothing either!

What's the point of having an opposition if they let shit like this go through on the nod?

Is this the bastard tory party preparing for things to come as Thatcher did in hugely increasing police numbers and building coal reserves before taking on the miners?
 
Labour and the SNP are both posted missing in the entire privacy debate, or lack of one.
 
Absolutely no idea if the SNP did anything about this however......

I know that 4 months ago.....


Labour wins major concessions from Government on Investigatory Powers Bill

The Government accepted four of Labour’s demands on the Investigatory Powers Bill this evening as it returned to the Commons.

The concessions included:

An overarching privacy clause to ensure that privacy is at the heart of the Bill;

A historic commitment that trade union activities cannot be considered sufficient reason for investigatory powers to be used;

Assurances that the ‘double lock’ process includes power for Judicial Commissioners to scrutinise the decision to issue a warrant, not just the process.

These amendments are further to a review of the operational case for bulk powers, secured by Labour two weeks ago and to be led by David Anderson, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorist Legislation.

Labour and the Government today agreed the terms of reference for the review and Anderson will consider the necessity of the powers, not only use. It will take place over the summer and will inform debate in the House of Lords.

Labour will continue to continue to push the Government on three further areas of concerns - protections for sensitive professions, a higher threshold for accessing Internet Connection Records and limiting the use of NHS records.

Andy Burnham MP, speaking about the trade union concession, said:

“This historic move will improve the governance of our country.

“There is clear evidence that monitoring was used for unjustified political and commercial reasons, breaching privacy and basic human rights. The blacklisting of construction workers was used to vet people and deny them work.

“We need to understand how covertly-gained police information came into the hands of the shady organisation compiling the blacklist. This is yet another scandal from our country’s past that the public have a right to know about.”

Keir Starmer MP said:

"These concessions are a really significant step forward. Labour have now won agreement for an independent review of bulk powers and that privacy will be absolutely central to the Bill. We have also ensured there is a robust and effective double-lock in place and have gained hard-fought and long-overdue protections for legitimate trade union activity.

"This is still far from a perfect Bill and the Government need to show further movement in tomorrow’s debate. But today's progress will help build trust and Labour will keep pushing the Government to resolve remaining concerns with this Bill.”


BIG G
 
G, do you honestly think that's good enough? Incredible that Labour are supporting this legislation.
 
Last I'd heard the snp opposed this.

On the first vote they abstained and put forward changes. When those weren't made they voted against.

Not sure what the current situation is but then the media here have more important things to do like throwing a fit over trains.
 
Nex said:
Last I'd heard the snp opposed this.

On the first vote they abstained and put forward changes. When those weren't made they voted against.

Not sure what the current situation is but then the media here have more important things to do like throwing a fit over trains.
Click to expand...

Yeah, it seems the SNP and LibDems were the only parties to put up any resistance. The debates would appear to have passed me by, I suspect the media has been focused on other matters.

Apparently, Labour got the changes that Big G mentioned above, making some changes for union members but wouldn't support similar protection for anyone else. Labour have voted for Britain to have the most intrusive surveillance in the democratic world.
 
Stolen from the independent.

Everyone who can now see your entire internet history:

The full list of agencies that can now ask for UK citizen’s browsing history, which is laid out in Schedule 4 of the Bill and was collected by Chris Yiu, is below:

Metropolitan Police Service
City of London Police
Police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996
Police Service of Scotland
Police Service of Northern Ireland
British Transport Police
Ministry of Defence Police
Royal Navy Police
Royal Military Police
Royal Air Force Police
Security Service
Secret Intelligence Service
GCHQ
Ministry of Defence
Department of Health
Home Office
Ministry of Justice
National Crime Agency
HM Revenue & Customs
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
NHS trusts and foundation trusts in England that provide ambulance services
Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
Competition and Markets Authority
Criminal Cases Review Commission
Department for Communities in Northern Ireland
Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland
Department of Justice in Northern Ireland
Financial Conduct Authority
Fire and rescue authorities under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
Food Standards Agency
Food Standards Scotland
Gambling Commission
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
Health and Safety Executive
Independent Police Complaints Commissioner
Information Commissioner
NHS Business Services Authority
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board
Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Regional Business Services Organisation
Office of Communications
Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Police Investigations and Review Commissioner
Scottish Ambulance Service Board
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
Serious Fraud Office
Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust
 
hibadelic said:
G, do you honestly think that's good enough? Incredible that Labour are supporting this legislation.
Click to expand...

Of course not. I see it for what it is and have always opposed it 100%. The Parliamentary Labour Party however.....

BIG G
 
Wonder what the PLP were given by the leadership on this? Three line whip?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
  • Menu
  • Home
  • Hibs Chat
  • New Posts
  • Just Back
  • Chatroom