By Sir David Davis

The Government appears determined to introduce live facial recognition nationwide.

This is after a number of police forces have started using it without any proper parliamentary approval whatsoever, an action that has already attracted the criticism of the courts.

Labour seems intent on doing this without the intense scrutiny this sweeping change demands.

When the state proposes a major shift in how it monitors its citizens, the House of Commons must scrutinise it exhaustively, and must put the laws in place to ensure that it is used properly. The rest of Europe has done exactly that, whilst our Home Office has left the police forces to make up the rules as they go along.

This move fits a broader pattern.

The march towards a mandatory national digital identity. Attempts to abolish jury trials.

Now the move is into........

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