[Advocacy Advisors] Clause 47 of UK Deregulation Bill to be debated Monday

Mon Feb 3 00:53:41 UTC 2014

The U.K. Parliament is considering removing the requirement that,
among other things, seizure of reporters' notes and other documents of
interest to the police which are believed to be in the possession of
private individuals will no longer require a hearing in open court and
notification of affected parties. This could impact a very wide range
of volunteer content creation on topics pertinent to government
criticism.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/31/secret-hearings-police-journalists-deregulation-bill

http://rt.com/news/freedom-seizure-journalists-bill-512/

http://www.parliament.uk/documents/joint-committees/draft-deregulation-bill/CM-8642-Draft-Deregulation-Bill.pdf

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201314/jtselect/jtdraftdereg/101/10108.htm#a88

http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/deregulation.html

I hope someone in the UK can suggest what to do about this.