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The Wilson Doctrine is a convention in the Untied Kingdom that restricts the police and intelligence services from tapping the telephones of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords. It was introduced in 1966 and named after Harold Wilson, the Labour Prime Minister who established the rule. Since it was established, the development of new forms of communication, such as the mobile phone and email, and election of members to the European Parliament and the new devolved legislatures had led to extensions of the doctrine. In July 2015, it emerged that the application of the doctrine to Members of the European Parliament and devolved legislatures had been ended and in October 2015, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal ruled that the doctrine had no legal force.〔 In November 2015, the Prime Minister made a statement clarifying how the "Government continues to apply the Doctrine in the twenty first century". The Draft Investigatory Powers Bill includes a provision to place the Wilson Doctrine on a statutory footing for the first time. == Introduction == Following a spate of scandals involving alleged telephone bugging of MPs Mr Wilson gave a pledge to MPs that their phones would not be tapped: However the pledge was qualified in two respects, as the Intelligence and Security Committee made clear in their 2005-06 Annual Report: This meant that the Prime Minister could reverse the doctrine in the interests of national security, but that he did not need to reveal the fact to the House of Commons until he choose.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wilson Doctrine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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