Petition Abolish the Wilson Doctrine concerning the tapping of phones of MPs and Lords

Due to the Wilson Doctrine, proposed by Harold Wilson, the police and intelligence services are limited in what they can do to tap the phone communications of Members of Parliament in ways that do not apply to the general public. This should end.

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Date closed 1 November 2019
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