MPs are now voting on amendment 7 to the Spy Cops bill, which would require a judge to issue a warrant for an agent to break the law

MPs have just voted against requiring a warrant from a judge to let an agent break the law. Aye 256, No 317

MPs are now voting on amendment 8 to the Spy Cops bill, which would explicitly ban undercover agents from murder, rape, torture etc...

My last tweet may have seemed a little wild, but I believe undercover agents have been involved in all of those crimes before - hence why these MPs tabled the amendment

Another note. The 'Spy Cops Bill' also applies to "Any of Her Majesty’s forces" - despite there being very few military units that have or do run undercover agents in the UK - hard to see why all parts of the military need this power e.g. logistics corps??

Amendment 8 has been defeated by 256 to 316 votes. So no explicit ban on undercover agents killing people.

MPs are now voting on amendment 16 of the Spy Cops bill, which would limit the powers to actual spies and not all and sundry

If amendment 16 fails, then I think the Spy Cops Bill will let undercovers from all these orgs commit crime e.g. from army agents to covert food standards sources

Parliament has voted against Amendment 16 of the Spy Cops Bill by 311 to 65. So undercover agents from The Competition and Markets Authority, Environment Agency, Financial Conduct Authority, Food Standards Agency, Gambling Commission can commit crimes

MPs are now voting on whether undercover agents should be allowed to commit crimes while infiltrating trade unions

Parliament has just voted against an amendment to the Spy Cops Bill that would have stopped undercover agents engaging in crimes to infiltrate trade unions (aye 255, no 314)

So none of Starmer's amendments to the Spy Cops Bill have passed, nor have anyone elses. MPs will now vote on whether to pass the unamended bill in full

Labour's 'strategy' is to abstain on the Spy Cops Bill, even if none of its amendments passed. Shadow security minister Conor McGinn said earlier today that this "shows we are a responsible government-in-waiting." Perhaps MI5 will see it that way - not sure who else

The Spy Cops Bill has passed without any amendments. 313 MPs voted for it, 98 voted against. And more than 200 abstained

Labour shadow cabinet member @NavPMishra voted against the Spy Cops Bill, breaking the whip and resigning

There's now a breakdown of how MPs voted on Amendment 16 to the Spy Cops Bill, which would have limited it to just spooks and not soldiers, quangos etc. Shows SNP, Lib Dems, Plaid, Alliance, SDLP all voted for this amendment - as did 2 DUP - https://votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Commons/Division/882?byMember=False#ayes

BREAKING - 34 Labour MPs voted against the Spy Cops Bill - full list here https://votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Commons/Division/884#noes

Labour MPs who voted against the Spy Cops Bill (basically just the socialist group) includes @KimJohnsonMP, @NavPMishra and @DanCardenMP - who've all had to resign from Starmer's shadow cabinet as a result https://twitter.com/KimJohnsonMP/status/1316779842533289984

All of Plaid, SDLP, Alliance, nearly all the SNP and Libs, 1 Tory (Adam Afriyie), and 34 Labour MPs voted against the Spy Cops Bill. 166 Labour and 1 Green (Lucas) abstained

Lucas says she voted against the Bill, so must be some kind of glitch on Parliament website right now

Sir Keir Starmer did not speak at all in today's debate on the Spy Cops Bill. Labour's foremost human rights expert did not use his gravitas as a ex-DPP to try to persuade the other side to support his forensic amendments https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-10-15/debates/ADEDB9E4-6D5F-4445-9971-D9F239FED9BD/CovertHumanIntelligenceSources(CriminalConduct)Bill