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UK: Parliamentary Joint Human Rights Committee: Legislative Scrutiny: Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill (second Report)

06 January 2014

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"Intrusive powers over travellers at ports and airports require greater safeguards, says Human Rights Committee": Dr Hywel Francis MP, the Chair of the Committee, said concerning Schedule 7 detentions:

"We understand that there is a need for a without suspicion power to stop, question and search travellers at ports and airports. We have considered the Independent Reviewer’s recommendation that a subjective suspicion threshold be required to be met before the powers to detain and to download data from mobile phones and laptops can be exercised. However , we believe that reasonable suspicion is the absolute minimum that is required to qualify as a safeguard because it opens up the possibility of independent scrutiny and review."

See the full text: Legislative Scrutiny: Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill (second Report) (pdf)

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