In a Commons debate this week following the presentation of an
ISC interim report to Prime Minister Tony Blair, Alan Beith MP told
the House that the Investigatory Powers Tribunal was too
under-funded and short-staffed to carry out its job.
A separate Technical Advisory Board has been set up to
help ISPs with any such orders. The Act does not require all ISPs
to put interception equipment in place.
The
ISC report (of which only paragraphs 19, 20 and 36 deal with
the Investigatory Powers Tribunal).
