Comms data requests by C&E & the Inland Revenue

[Dave Bird]

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In article <3DB92ABD.26757.2B12C2@localhost>, David Hansen
<davidh@spidacom.co.uk> writes
>On 25 Oct 2002 at 0:44, Richard Clayton wrote:
>
>> Dawn Primarolo: In relation to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers
>> Act 2000, Customs and Excise estimate that the number of authorised
>> officials will be about 200. The Inland Revenue are not yet in a
>> position to estimate a figure, but in any event authorised officials
>> in the Inland Revenue will be restricted to the grades equivalent to
>> Senior Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer.
>
>Utterly amazing and extremely deeply worrying.
>
>Higher Executive Officers are not very high and don't do anything 
>that is executive. Senior Executive Officers are not very senior and 
>don't do anything that is executive either.

 At least they have named a civil service rank (and clearance level?).

 In each case, it is now for us to demand HIGHER rank and clearance
 than that be written to the regulations / code of practice.





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