6 June 2016 -
MPs debate the Investigatory Powers Bill in the Commons today, including measures to authorise the surveillance of legally privileged conversations between clients and their lawyers.
Chairman of the Bar Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC said: "Amendments tabled for today's report stage of the Investigatory Powers Bill show that politicians are taking seriously the right of the client to communicate with their lawyer in private, without the threat of state surveillance.