Lord Cope of Berkeley (Conservative) Peer. Opposition Chief Whip in the Lords. Became a Lord in 1997.

Issues

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

Lord Cope of Berkeley, who was responsible for getting many of the amendments for the RIP Bill through. He belives that the bill is deeply flawed and that it could be both ineffective for law enforcement and dangerous to e-commerce.

Links

Lord Cope of Berkeley TheyWorkForYou.com
Lord Cope of Berkeley Conservative Profile

News

2000-12-05 - The Register - Govt ministers distance themselves from email spy plan: Author: Kieren McCarthy; Summary: The report, asking for all communications data in the UK to be stored for seven years in government-run data warehouses, was leaked to the Observer at the weekend and met with a furious reception. ... Which brings us to Conservative peer Lord Cope of Berkeley, who was responsible for getting many of the amendments for the RIP Bill through. Naturally, the dapper gent would not be drawn, suffice to say he was "concerned" and would look at the issue very closely.

2000-12-05 - The Regiser - Big Brother awards rock the LSE: Author: Kieren McCarthy; Summary: A number of people were presented with "Winston" awards for outstanding contribution to privacy protection. They were: Ben Rooney (editor of the Telegraph's Connected section), Jason Ditton (for his criminology research into CCTV cameras), Lord Cope (for his work in getting amendments made to the RIP Bill), Peter Scully (for raising awareness of employee monitoring through his trade union MSF) and our old friend Caspar Bowden (for building an anti-RIP movement).

2000-07-20 - The Register - RIP branded ‘zombie legislation’ as it passes Lords: Author: Linda Harrison; Summary: Lord Cope, Tory home affairs representative, felt the bill was much improved, but that it was still deeply flawed - he reckons it could be both ineffective for law enforcement and dangerous to e-commerce.

2000-06-22 - The Register - RIP Bill needs ‘a very big knife taking to it’: Author: Linda Harrison; Summary: The Government was today accused of damaging Britain's reputation overseas through its determination to gain snooping powers over the Net. ... However, Lord Cope warned RIP critics they were more likely to get amendments to the Bill than large chunks of it completely changed at this late stage - it is currently going through Committee stage in the Lords. He therefore urged industry representatives to take action and come up with "a list of specifics" regarding amendments they would like to see.