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Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL]

I rise briefly to support my noble friend, who has done us a great service by working in such detail on a long-forgotten subject. It happens that the Select Committee on the Constitution is now making a study of the surveillance society. While this is not exactly the surveillance society, it is not very far from it. My noble friend said that this is not a party political issue because all parties have passed Bills which allow people to enter premises. However, it is highly desirable that some order is brought to the matter. Any help that the Minister can give in steering this provision to that desirable conclusion would be genuinely welcomed.