Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Proposal 3508
A Bill to amend the Investigatory Powers Act 2016; to make provision about information supplied by, or relating to, the Judicial Commissioners; and for connected purposes.
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Sponsor: Home Office
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In plain English
MMONS AMENDMENTS • • These Explanatory Notes, like the Commons amendments themselves, refer to Bill 157, the Bill as first printed for the Commons. • These Explanatory Notes need to be read in conjunction with the Commons amendments and the text of the Bill.
The re-instatement of these powers will be limited to just those public authorities specified in Schedule 2A and Schedule 4 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. Amendment 6 inserts new Schedule 2A into the Investigatory Powers Act 2016; this new Schedule includes specified public authorities and the clause also specifies bodies listed in column 1 of existing Schedule 4.
Compliance will require startups to dedicate time, energy and e ort to complying with the ongoing notice; importantly for a startup these delays would severely limit their ability to compete with incumbent organisations. For a company to meaningfully comply with this new notice would require personnel with the relevant expertise in each field whose entire job would be to monitor, collate and explain the changes for the full duration of the notice.
Same bill, simpler words — a deeper read without the jargon.
Imagine the country is making a new rule. This one is about: MMONS AMENDMENTS • • These Explanatory Notes, like the Commons amendments themselves, refer to Bill 157, the Bill as first printed for the Commons. • These Explanatory Notes need to be read in conjunction with the Commons amendments and the text of the Bill.. The people who would notice most are: The re-instatement of these powers will be limited to just those public authorities specified in Schedule 2A and Schedule 4 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. Amendment 6 inserts new Schedule 2A into the Investigatory Powers Act 2016; this new Schedule includes specified public authorities and the clause also specifies bodies listed in column 1 of existing Schedule 4.. If it became a real law, the everyday change would be: Compliance will require startups to dedicate time, energy and e ort to complying with the ongoing notice; importantly for a startup these delays would severely limit their ability to compete with incumbent organisations. For a company to meaningfully comply with this new notice would require personnel with the relevant expertise in each field whose entire job would be to monitor, collate and explain the changes for the full duration of the notice..
Green Book 2026 · 5 Case Model
MMONS AMENDMENTS • • These Explanatory Notes, like the Commons amendments themselves, refer to Bill 157, the Bill as first printed for the Commons. • These Explanatory Notes need to be read in conjunction with the Commons amendments and the text of the Bill.
It is currently at Royal Assent in the Unassigned, sponsored by Home Office.
Accountability · outcome beside Green Book evidence
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 became law. The official papers we read covered most of the Green Book five cases with concrete detail. That does not prove the outcome was “right” — it means the case on paper was relatively complete for accountability scrutiny.
Strategic: MMONS AMENDMENTS • • These Explanatory Notes, like the Commons amendments themselves, refer to Bill 157, the Bill as first printed for the Commons. • These Explanatory Notes need to be read in conjunction with the Commons amendments and the text of the Bill.
Economic: Signed by the responsible Minister: Date: 07/11/2023 Impact Assessment, The Home Office Title: Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill 2023 IA No: HO0476 RPC Reference No: N/A Other departments or agencies: N/A Date: 7th November 2023 Stage: FINAL Intervention: Domestic Measure: Primary legislation Enquiries: ipareviewteam@homeoffice.gov.uk RPC Opinion: Not Applicable Business Impact Target: Non qualifying provision Cost of Preferred (or more likely) Option 2 (in 2022 prices) Net Present Social Value NPSV (£m) N/A Business Net Present Value BNPV (£m) N/A Net cost to business per year EANDCB (£m) N/A What is the problem under consideration? Main assumptions/sensitivities and economic/analytical risks Discount rate (%) N/A The main analytical risk is that the costs and benefits cannot be monetised due to an absence of available data, uncertainty, the nature of the costs and benefits, and confidentiality.
Commercial: Changes to the Bulk Personal Dataset (BPD) regime, which will improve the intelligence services’ ability to use less sensitive datasets (such as publicly and commercially available data). This new Part does not extend the ability of the intelligence services to obtain bulk personal datasets, rather it creates a new set of safeguards, alongside the existing provisions in Part 7 of the Act, for the retention or retention and examination of less sensitive bulk personal datasets (such as publicly and commercially available data).
Financial: SMEs and startup technical companies will inevitably find this new type of notice to be extraordinarily di cult to comply with despite the UK taxpayer planning to cover the costs. Whilst this is not an area of principal concern for the London New Liberals, many of our members work in the tech industry and have flagged to us the cost of complying with one of these notices - a cost which will be borne by the UK taxpayer as the proposal stands.
Management: • Commons Amendments 1 to 2 and 7 to 17 were tabled in the name of the Minister, the Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP. • Commons Amendments 3 to 6 were tabled in the name of the Secretary of State, the Rt Hon James Cleverly MP.
This is an accountability reading, not a recommendation and not a score. It does not say whether Parliament should have passed or rejected the bill. It only sets the actual parliamentary outcome beside how complete the Green Book five-case evidence was in the official papers.
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UK Act · Royal Assent · 2016-12-02
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Same policy area (“Other”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
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Nearby policy wording to this bill. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — context only, not a verdict on whether the new bill is needed.