Ministerial statement on Thursday, 9 July 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord West of Spithead.
Newspapers: Surveillance Methods
Lords statement on the actions of the police, the prosecutors and the Information Commissioner in respect of the use by newspapers of illegal surveillance methods.
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- Parliamentary proceeding
- Reference
- 712 c866-76
- Session
- 2008-09
- Department
- Home Office
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- House of Lords chamber
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Lord Elton | 712 c876 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have a small question among all these great issues. Can the Minister tell us whether I a...
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Lord West of Spithead | 712 c876 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there may be a way of knowing whether you have been tapped but I do not think that I can s...
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Lord West of Spithead | 712 c874 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is not a surveillance stateāif I may get that comment in. This has nothing to do with...
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Lord Alton of Liverpool | 712 c874 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the point that the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, has just made is surely the most sig...
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Lord West of Spithead | 712 c875 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I pointed out at the end of the Statement, Assistant Commissioner John Yates said: ""No...
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Lord Dubs | 712 c874-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can my noble friend clarify matters a little further? I am not clear whether the Metropoli...
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Lord West of Spithead | 712 c875-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I said, the DPP has the CPS looking at this. The Met is also still looking at it, as wa...
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Lord Clinton-Davis | 712 c875 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend realise that public concern about this issue will be a wake-up call, ...
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Lord West of Spithead | 712 c876 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not aware of that but I am beginning to stray into operational matters which the Gove...
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Lord Lee of Trafford | 712 c876 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the Minister aware of whether either the police or the authorities will be making conta...
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Lord West of Spithead | 712 c874 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is an extremely good question. I think that they should all be told. It will be somet...
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Lord Campbell-Savours | 712 c874 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my question will be very brief. Will all the victims be informed privately that they were ...
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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 712 c869-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement and I am sorry that it has put him in a r...
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Baroness Neville-Jones | 712 c867-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. The story that appeared in the Guardian ...
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Lord West of Spithead | 712 c866-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend...
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Baroness Williams of Crosby | 712 c872-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister has long been a doughty defender of the liberties of the individual in this c...
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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 712 c872 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, to clarify, the Data Protection Act is the relevant Act, given that lots of data have been...
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Lord West of Spithead | 712 c870-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for being overdressed but I have just come from a wonderful party, given by He...
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Lord West of Spithead | 712 c873-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can assure the noble Baroness that we take this very seriously. The reason why I am not ...
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Lord West of Spithead | 712 c872 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I say, I am not up to speed on that. I shall look at it and get back to the noble Baron...
- Subjects
- Criminal investigation Prosecutions Newspaper press Mobile phones Metropolitan Police Telephone tapping Information Commissioner's Office News of the World
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