Lib Dems in the House of Lords have, once more, blocked the Snoopers’ Charter.

An amendment to the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill was withdrawn following pressure from Lib Dem Peers who have raised arguments against the proposed legislation throughout the Bill’s passage through the Lords

The amendment, led by the Conservative Peer Lord King, would have seen a copycat of the previously blocked Data Communications Bill introduced into the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill currently going through Parliament.

Lib Dem Peer and Former MET Police Officer Brian Paddick commented:

Nick Clegg fought off the discredited Data Communications Bill in government and Liberal Democrats led the charge to defeat this cynical attempt to reintroduce the so-called “snoopers’ charter” in the Lords. We will continue to block attempts to reintroduce these provisions in any form to defend the civil liberties and privacy of innocent people across the UK.

The BBC reports:

A cross-party group of peers has dropped a second attempt to add the so-called “snoopers’ charter” to the government’s counter-terrorism bill.

Lords King, Blair, Carlile and West wanted measures on communications data, rejected by the Lib Dems in 2012, to be included in the bill, saying they were vital tools for combating terrorism.

But they withdrew their amendment and it did not go to a vote.

* Paul Walter is a Liberal Democrat activist. He is one of the Liberal Democrat Voice team. He blogs at Liberal Burblings.