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MPs' communications 'not protected' MPs' communications 'not protected', tribunal rules
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MPs have no special protection from having their communications intercepted by UK intelligence agencies, a tribunal has ruled.MPs have no special protection from having their communications intercepted by UK intelligence agencies, a tribunal has ruled.
Green MP Caroline Lucas and Baroness Jenny Jones argued a long-standing doctrine protecting MPs' was being breached.
But the Investigatory Powers Tribunal said it offered no bar to the incidental collection of MPs' data.
It said the "Wilson Doctrine" only applied to specific targeting of MPs.