Baroness Neville-Jones Conservative Peer. Shadow Security Minister, Home Affairs (since 16 Oct 2007)

Issues

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

Baroness Neville-Jones said Tories pledge to curb abuse of surveillance powers 29 November 2008

"We will clean up RIPA"

"Look at the number of authorities who have access to information and have powers to investigate what you put in your dustbins and that your children are going to school in the right catchment area. These are powers under RIPA. Are they desirable? Certainly not."

Links

Baroness Neville-Jone TheyWorkForYou.com

News

2008-10-29 - ZDNet - Tories pledge to curb abuse of surveillance powers: Author: Tom Espiner; Summary: Shadow security minister Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) needs to be addressed to stop the misuse of anti-terrorist powers by local authorities. "We will clean up RIPA," said Neville-Jones. "Look at the number of authorities who have access to information and have powers to investigate what you put in your dustbins and that your children are going to school in the right catchment area. These are powers under RIPA. Are they desirable? Certainly not." "We've gone very quickly from paper records that are not easily transferable to electronic data," said Neville-Jones. "Now the issue is the privacy of individuals.