Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s letter to the Home Secretary on the use of emergency powers under the Coronavirus Act 2020 (March 2020)

Published on 26 March 2020

A letter from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner to the Home Secretary Rt Hon Priti Patel MP following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic requesting emergency powers in the Coronavirus Act 2020 be exercised in order for Temporary Judicial Commissioners be appointed.