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  Bills Presented - Miscellaneous
  
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  The majority of MPs voted in favour of a proposed timetable[1] for the consideration of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill[2]. 
  
  The timetable provided for the consideration of the Bill by MPs to be completed within a single day. The reason for the urgency given by James Brokenshire MP who moved the motion was[3]:
  
  :the Home Secretary made clear in her oral statement[4] last week, it is crucial that we act now to ensure that our law enforcement and intelligence agencies have the tools they need to keep us safe.
  
  The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill was being introduced following a judgement of the European Court of Justice on 8 April 2011[5] which ruled invalid the EU Electronic communications â Directive 2006/24/EC[6] which was brought into effect in UK law via The Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009[7].
  
  The court judgement concluded that mass communications data retention provided for via the directive and regulations is not proportionate and is incompatible with Article 7 (Respect for private and family life) and Article 8 (protection of personal data) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights[8].
  
  
  
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2014-07-15a.682.2 Official Record, House of Commons, 15 July 2014]
  * [2] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/dataretentionandinvestigatorypowers.html Parliament's webpage on the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill]
  * [3] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2014-07-15a.684.2#g684.3 James Brokenshire MP (Old Bexley and Sidcup, Conservative), House of Commons, 15 July 2014]
  * [4] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2014-07-10b.456.0&s=speaker%3A10426#g456.1 Theresa May MP (Maidenhead, Conservative), House of Commons, 15 July 2014]
  * [5] [http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=9ea7d2dc30d55521b111565c4312a7edfadf3bb65f86.e34KaxiLc3qMb40Rch0SaxuNch50?text=&docid=150642&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=176349 Judgement of the European Court of Justice on 8 April 2011]
  * [6] [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32006L0024 EU Electronic communications â Directive 2006/24/EC]
  * [7] [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111473894/contents The Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009]
  * [8] [http://www.eucharter.org/ European Charter of Fundamental Rights]
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