This text is missing some spaces, please add them: ADepartmentofAgriculturespokespersontoldZDNetthatthedepartmentdoesnotcurrentlyhavethemeanstoaccessmetadata,andthatthelegislationneededtoallowittousecoercivepowersisnotwithinitsremit.
A Department of Agriculture spokesperson told ZDNet that the department does not currently have the means to access metadata, and that the legislation needed to allow it to use coercive powers is not within its remit.