Policy paper

A surveillance society?: response to fifth report of the Home Affairs Committee

The government response to the fifth report from the Home Affairs Committee (session 2007 to 2008, HC 58).

• From: Home Office
• Published: 22 July 2008

This was published under the 2007 to 2010 Brown Labour government

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A surveillance society?: government response to fifth report of the Home Affairs Committee

Ref: ISBN 9780101744928, Cm. 7449

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The Home Affairs Committee published its report ‘A Surveillance Society?’ on 8 June 2008. This memorandum sets out the government response to the conclusions and recommendations of that report. The committee’s report includes around 50 conclusions and recommendations for action by the government, the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice, the Department of Health, the National Policing Improvement Agency and the Information Commissioner. In this response the recommendations are identified according to the paragraphs in which they appear in the report.

Published 22 July 2008