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38 indexed mentions for this inquiry Earliest recorded mention: 18 May 2016
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Police: Surveillance

Written Question House of Lords
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb · Green Party Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the list of 1,192 affiliated and organisational groups mentioned in Special Demonstration Squad documentation, which was collated by the Metropolitan Police Service Inquiry and Revie

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The Inquiry is independent of the Home Office, and its independence is crucial to its effectiveness. It would not, therefore, be appropriate for the Government to comment on or intervene in the Inquiry’s decision-making.The Inquiry is responsible for deci...

Original parliamentary record

Police

Written Question House of Lords
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb · Green Party Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) political, and (2) campaigning, organisations have been (a) monitored, and (b) infiltrated, by police, or at the direction of police, since 1991.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act provides the police with the power to authorise surveillance and covert human intelligence sources where it is necessary for one of the statutory purposes (i.e. the prevention and detection of crime) an...

Original parliamentary record

Police

Written Question House of Lords
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb · Green Party Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask Her Majesty's Government which (1) political, and (2) campaigning, organisations have been (a) monitored, and (b) infiltrated, by police, or at the direction of police, since 1991.

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act provides the police with the power to authorise surveillance and covert human intelligence sources where it is necessary for one of the statutory purposes (i.e. the prevention and detection of crime) an...

Original parliamentary record

Association of Chief Police Officers: Consulting Association

Written Question House of Lords
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb · Green Party Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has had access to intelligence on trade unionists provided by Special Branch or undercover officers; and whether ACPO has sold (1) any such information, and (2) other

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has ceased operating. The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) has assumed some of ACPO’s functions. The NPCC is an independent organisation and is a core participant in the Undercover Policing Inquiry. The...

Original parliamentary record

Undercover Policing Inquiry

Written Question House of Lords
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb · Green Party Answering body: Home Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) the Home Office, and (2) the Metropolitan Police Service, intend to provide position statements to the Mitting Inquiry, setting out (a) their respective responsibilities for undercover policing, (b) their assess

Government answer

Answering body: Home Office

The Undercover Policing Inquiry was set up by the then Home Secretary to inquire into and report on undercover police operations conducted by English and Welsh police forces in England and Wales since 1968. Under the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference, this inc...

Original parliamentary record