Dear Henry Bellingham,
This is just a quick note to request your support and influence to allow more Parliamentary scrutiny for the Investigatory Powers Bill. Although views may differ on the contents of the Bill, surely everyone can agree that something as important and as complex as this deserve rigorous examination by MPs.
As the owner of a local tech company, I have looked through the Bill and several of the Codes of Practice, so I know from first-hand experience how much is contained in the 800 pages they represent in total. With only a cursory examination by MPs, it is highly likely that there will be aspects that could cause huge problems later on – for the intelligence services and police, the public, UK computer companies and specific groups like journalists, lawyers and even MPs like yourself.
It is especially pertinent to myself and my company; we work with clients and colleagues across Europe and, with my new clients, into Canada too. They have a completely reasonable expectation that we w