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.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK
