division_name: Bills Presented &#8212; Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill
motion: <p class="" pid="a.704.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.704.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">In my statement to the House last Thursday, I made clear the urgent need for narrow and limited legislation on communications data and interception. There is no greater duty for a Government than the protection and security of their citizens when we face the very real and serious prospect that the police, law enforcement agencies and the security and intelligence agencies will lose vital capabilities which they need in order to do their jobs. Communications data&#8212;the &#8220;who, where, when and how&#8221; of a communication, but not its content&#8212;and interception, which provides the legal power to acquire the content of a communication, are crucial to fighting crime, protecting children, and combating terrorism.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.755.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put, </i>That the Bill be now read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.755.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.755.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 498, Noes 31.</p>