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Matt Vickers' amendment

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

Committee stage

Amendment number: NC22

Lead member

Matt Vickers
Conservative, Stockton West
Commons

Decision

No decision
The House has not considered this amendment.

Amendment text

To move the following Clause—
“Access to mobile phone location data
(1) The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 86 (Part 3: interpretation), after subsection (2A)(b), insert─
“(c) illegal immigration.”
(3) The Immigration Act 2016 is amended as follows.
(4) In paragraph 4 of Schedule 10, (electronic monitoring condition), after subsection (2)(d) insert─
“(e) involve the tracking of P using P’s mobile phone location data.”

Member's explanatory statement

This new clause would allow law enforcement to access mobile phone location data of people who enter the UK illegally.

Sponsors

Katie Lam
Conservative
Weald of Kent
Sarah Bool
Conservative
South Northamptonshire