Shami Chakrabarti, from the campaign group Liberty, is scathing of the government's data retention and web surveillance plans, saying she totally disagrees with Labour, who are arguing they strike the right balance. She says the new powers would effectively legitimise "hacking" by the state and "turn us all into suspects". The proposals, as they stand, envisage a "very limited role" for judges which she characterises as a "rubber-stamping exercise" rather than proper judicial authorisation. 

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David Cameron is the eighth most powerful person in the world, according to Forbes magazine's, external annual league table. The prime minister moves up two places after his general election victory, having dropped out of the top ten totally two years ago. Russian President Vladimir Putin remains top of the tree but German Chancellor Angela Merkel moves into second, relegating US President Barack Obama into third. Chinese President Xi Jinping is ranked fifth, behind Pope Francis in fourth. According to the magazine, the rankings are based on the degree of influence that people have "in more than one sphere" and "how actively they wield their power to change the world" as well as the financial resources at their disposal. 

Last week a government-commissioned review into the powers of the House of Lords was announced, after peers voted down the government's tax credit proposals. It will be led by former Lords leader Lord Strathclyde.

In a written ministerial statement, external, the current leader of the Lords, Baroness Stowell, announced the make-up of the panel of experts that will work alongside him. They include:

• Jacqy Sharpe, former Clerk of Legislation in the House of Commons and Clerk to the Joint Committee on Conventions in 2006
• Sir Stephen Laws, former First Parliamentary Counsel
• Sir Michael Pownall, former Clerk of the Parliaments

The review is expected to conclude by Christmas.

Labour has accused the government of misleading the public over whether it intends to privatise Channel 4 after David Cameron told MPs that "all options" - including some form of private investment - should be considered to safeguard the broadcaster's future. Shadow culture secretary Michael Dugher said. 

Former Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson says he wants to have a "very close look" at what the home secretary is proposing about the role of judges in authorising access to suspected criminals' online communications and internet activity. The MP, who says he had to consider similar requests during his time in Belfast, says the whole point of a warrant-based system is to protect the public and he is worried that making unelected and accountable judges, rather than politicians, the ultimate arbiter of this will "spoil a system that works".

Some more reaction to Prime Minister's Questions. Writing for ConservativeHome, external, Andrew Gimson suggests Jeremy Corbyn is more and more starting to resemble Mr Pooter - the fictional character from the comic novel Diary of a Nobody teased for his sense of self-importance. While the Labour leader's desire to stay true to his principles and rise above the political fray is "admirable and amiable", he says by "renouncing wit", the Labour leader has had the effect of putting the prime minister under no real pressure. Meanwhile, in the Spectator, external, Isabel Hardman suggests the session was "pointless" with nothing new learnt about tax credits or much else besides. While Jeremy Corbyn has become adept at staring down boisterous Conservative backbenchers in the manner of a primary school teacher and "has largely taken control of the management of the Chamber’s behaviour", she says he has made little inroads in terms of policy breakthroughs or discomfiting David Cameron. 

As the statement concludes, former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond raises a point of order with the Commons Speaker to criticise the government for not making a Commons statement on the Iraq Inquiry delays.

He suggests the decision not to do so is a "offence, which I believe to be considerable" to the families of British service personnel who died in the war.

Meanwhile, the DUP's Ian Paisley complains there has been "not a squeak", "naff all" from the government about yesterday's announcement that the Michelin tyre factory in Ballymena, County Antrim, is to close in 2018 with the loss of 860 jobs.

He says a convention appears to be arising in the Commons that Northern Ireland "has become once again, a place apart".

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The questions and answers at PMQs over tax credits and the NHS reviewed by Conservative Therese Coffey and Labour's Jack Dromey. They were talking to Daily Politics presenters Jo Coburn and Giles Dilnot, three weeks ahead of the Autumn Statement.  

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You can watch live coverage of the rest of the day’s business in the Commons, including an opposition debate on policing, at BBC Parliament Online’s Westminster Live page.

To recap, Theresa May has announced that internet firms will have to store data on what people access online for a year, under new surveillance law plans.

At the same time, ministers are proposing senior judges will have unprecedented powers to block operations to intercept communications.

The draft Investigatory Powers Bill aims to completely overhaul how police and security agencies use covert powers to detect and stop crime.

Local councils will not have power to see Internet connection records under the new surveillance powers

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The SNP's John Nicolson asked David Cameron to confirm a previous government pledge over no plans to privatise Channel 4, warning it would "imperil this much-loved and important public institution".

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SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson asked whether the prime minister agreed that more must be done to deliver on the “spirit and the letter” of the military covenant. 

Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz told Theresa May that while he welcomed additional judicial scrutiny on surveillance warrants, "who will train the judges to deal with this very, very complex area?". He also raised concerns about what data would be collected under the new plans. Noting Mrs May likened it to an itemised phone bill, the Labour MP said:

"Speak for yourself", someone could be heard shouting from the green benches - which Mrs May quipped was the "right response".

Labour MP David Winnick says he's worried about “excessive powers” being given to the security and intelligence agencies, and adds that the bill could be "a bitter blow" for civil liberties.

Mrs May tells him there are "no substantial new powers" in the bill, which largely brings together existing powers in a "much clearer, more comprehensible" form.

She says the only new power is with regards to retention of internet connection records (which Mrs May earlier explained is "a record of the communications service that a person has used, not a record of every web page they have accessed"), and the "limited access" to them.

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Labour's Lisa Nandy says Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has approached the junior doctors row in an "unhelpful" way. If we lose medics overseas it will be a "waste of money" she adds, saying she hopes to avoid a strike. Grant Shapps says the NHS "has to function for all of us", stressing the importance of a seven-day service.

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Former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, who was a Labour leadership contender, welcomes the plans for judicial authorisation of surveillance warrants and Mrs May's statements on transparency. But she seeks clarity over the proposed new Investigatory Powers Commissioner, and who it will be accountable to.

Mrs May says the appointment will be made by the prime minister. She says existing commissioners report annually and adds that she would expect the new post holder to "make recommendations... and make public their views on the processes they see".

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Reviewing Prime Minister's Questions, BBC political correspondent Ben Wright says Jeremy Corbyn doesn't look like he enjoys the weekly clash "one bit".

Grant Shapps defends the noisy barracking during the session, suggesting it is one of the reasons PMQs is so popular.