Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 4:00 pm ar 7 Mawrth 2024.
Judith Cummins
Llafur, Bradford South
With this it will be convenient to discuss clauses 25 and 26 stand part.
Thomas Tugendhat
Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Bill makes minor changes to the equipment interference regime, specifically in relation to the warrantry processes associated with its authorisation. The purposes behind those changes are to correct minor drafting errors in the IPA to provide greater clarity, and to improve the efficiency of the warrantry process for equipment interference.
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
