Surveillance Without Warrant

EDM number 476 in 2014-15, proposed by George Galloway on 05/11/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Data protection, Privacy and Intelligence services.

That this House is extremely concerned that British intelligence services can access surveillance material collected by foreign spy agencies without a warrant; notes that it is admitted by the Government that GCHQ has secret arrangements with partners such as the National Security Agency to obtain raw data; believes that this contrasts with assurances obtained by the Intelligence and Security Committee that a warrant signed by a Minister is always in place whenever GCHQ obtains intelligence from US agencies; and calls on the Government to safeguard the privacy of British citizens by ending such secret arrangements and ensuring that only where a warrant is obtained can intercept materials be passed over and analysed.

This motion has been signed by a total of 1 MPs.