A new, single Act of Parliament should be put in place to
replace all the current legislation governing the intrusive
capabilities of the UK’s other intelligence and security agencies,
says an Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) report.
Through the report, the committee acknowledges for the first
time the mass surveillance and bulk interception activities
undertaken by UK agencies. GCHQ, MI5 and MI6 do not seek to
circumvent the law, the report has concluded, but the legal
framework that governs them at the moment is unnecessarily complex
and not transparent enough.
By: Katie Collins,
