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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).