Human rights groups urge House of Lords to block ‘deeply dangerous’ ‘Spycops Bill’
Demonstrators outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, in 2018 where an Investigatory Powers Tribunal is hearing the case of Kate Wilson (right) who was deceived into a relationship by undercover police officer Mark Kennedy
HUMAN rights groups are urging the Lords to block the “deeply dangerous” Covert and Human Intelligence Sources Bill after it passed its final hurdle in the Commons this week.
The “spycops” Bill sailed through its third reading in Parliament on Thursday night, with MPs voting 313 for to 98 against.
The government’s Bill would allow public authorities, including MI5 and the Home Office, to authorise agents and informants to commit crimes while undercover.
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