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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.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
712 c866-76 
Session
2008-09
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
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...
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 state—if I may get that comment in. This has nothing to do with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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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