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  Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill - Clause 1 - Authorisation of Criminal Conduct
  
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  @ MP voted aye against requiring those issuing authorisations for criminal conduct by undercover officers and covert sources to "reasonably believe", rather than merely "believe", the required conditions are met.
  
  @ MP voted no to require those issuing authorisations for criminal conduct by undercover officers and covert sources to "reasonably believe", rather than merely "believe", the required conditions are met.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring those issuing authorisations for criminal conduct by undercover officers and covert sources to "reasonably believe", rather than merely "believe", the required conditions are met.
  
  MPs were considering the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill.[1][2]
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1.
  
  Lords amendment 1[3] stated:
  
  :Page 2, line 17, after âpersonâ insert âreasonablyâ
  
  The rejected amendment would have impacted Clause 1 of the Bill[4] which provided for a new section of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 titled ''Covert human intelligence sources: criminal conduct authorisations''. The section provided for authorisation for criminal conduct in the course of, or otherwise in connection with, the conduct of a covert human intelligence source. Â The rejected amendment sought to increase the threshold for such authorisations from merely believing the required conditions were met, to reasonably believing they were met.
  
  The conditions were that the authorisation is necessary:
  
  * in the interests of national security;
  * for the purpose of preventing or detecting crime or of preventing disorder; or
  * in the interests of the economic well-being of the United Kingdom.
  
  and
  
  * that the authorised conduct is proportionate to what is sought to be achieved by that conduct; and
  * that arrangements exist that satisfy such requirements as may be imposed by order made by the Secretary of State
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2783 Parliament's webpage on the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0243/en/0243EN.pdf Explanatory notes to the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill, 21 January 2020], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0243/0243.pdf Lords amendments to the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill, 21 January 2020], Parliament.uk
  * [4] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/58-01/144/5801144.pdf Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill, as introduced in the House of Lords], Parliament.uk
  
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