Parliamentary search - Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill

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690 c199-244GC

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2006-07

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Northern Ireland Office

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House of Lords Grand Committee

Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 42-EN also published.
Wednesday, 7 February 2007
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Lord Tordoff | 690 c210GC (Link to this contribution) I should point out to the Committee that if Amendment No. 33 were agreed to I should not be able to ...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c205-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 25: 25: Clause 15, page 13, line 40, leave out from beginning to end of line 2...

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Lord Rooker | 690 c240-2GC (Link to this contribution) I probably will not be able to answer all the points put by the noble Lord, Lord Trimble, but I have...

Lord Rooker | 690 c239-40GC (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful for the contributions, and to the noble Lord for raising the issue. I was present...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c238GC (Link to this contribution) I had not intended to speak on this issue until I heard the noble Lord, Lord Trimble. He referred to...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 690 c234GC (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful for the Minister’s very clear explanation. Of course, it is absolutely right that...

Lord Glentoran | 690 c233GC (Link to this contribution) The restriction to which the amendment relates is not one that we should like to see in perpetuity. ...

Lord Rooker | 690 c231-2GC (Link to this contribution) Before I respond, perhaps I may point something out. I know that the noble Lord, Lord Lester, will h...

Lord Glentoran | 690 c231GC (Link to this contribution) I have a very similar amendment, although it looks rather neater and shorter than the amendment move...

Lord Rooker | 690 c228-9GC (Link to this contribution) On the noble Lord’s final point, there is some time between now and the final stages of the Bill—aft...

Lord Trimble | 690 c230GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Lord sits down, I draw to his attention to the fact that, while it is certainly tru...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 690 c230-1GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 46: 46: After Clause 39, insert the following new Clause— ““Duration of sectio...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c225-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 38: 38: Clause 22, page 17, line 1, after ““A”” insert ““member of Her Majesty...

Lord Rooker | 690 c224-5GC (Link to this contribution) If the noble Lord will allow me, this is probably repeating something that I said earlier. In some w...

Lord Rooker | 690 c211GC (Link to this contribution) I say in the politest way possible that the noble Baroness, Lady Richmond, ought to think of the fee...

Lord Trimble | 690 c214GC (Link to this contribution) I support the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Lester. Surely, it should be possible to draft an ...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c215-6GC (Link to this contribution) Unlike the Minister, I have tried to use the Freedom of Information Act and he may not realise that ...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c203-4GC (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the Minister for that full reply. It is correct to say that a fetter is being ...

Lord Glentoran | 690 c210GC (Link to this contribution) My amendment, Amendment No. 34, is in this group and attempts to achieve something quite similar. Th...

Lord Glentoran | 690 c201GC (Link to this contribution) On a point not directly to do with this Bill, we have all at different times complained about the gr...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 690 c201-2GC (Link to this contribution) I am speaking to Amendment No. 30, which stands in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Smith of...

Lord Rooker | 690 c202-3GC (Link to this contribution) I start by fully accepting the reasons for the absence of the noble Lord, Lord Lester of Herne Hill,...

Lord Trimble | 690 c240GC (Link to this contribution) Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that the engagement of the police can be knocked out if the of...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 690 c232GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that response. It seems that we will have to satisfy ourselves that parliam...

Baroness Paisley of St George's | 690 c238-9GC (Link to this contribution) I agree with what has been said about the community restorative justice schemes in republican areas,...

Lord Trimble | 690 c234-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 50: 50: After Clause 47 , insert the following new Clause— ““Community restora...

Lord Rooker | 690 c233-4GC (Link to this contribution) I remember dealing with this, or referring to it on Second Reading. I emphasisethis point, so that t...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 690 c232-3GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 48: 48: Schedule 5, page 44, leave out lines 39 and 40 The noble Baroness sai...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c226-7GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful. We will obviously need to reflect on that answer. In the mean time, I beg leave to wi...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c229GC (Link to this contribution) Since this is the last amendment with which I will be troubling the Committee, I would like to say a...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c230GC (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 44 and 45 ...

Lord Rooker | 690 c226GC (Link to this contribution) As the noble Lord said, the thrust of the amendment is to extend the written authorisation procedure...

Lord Rooker | 690 c218-9GC (Link to this contribution) Listening with care to the noble Lord, Lord Lester, I realise that the heading ofClause 20 ““Stop an...

Lord Rooker | 690 c222-3GC (Link to this contribution) In looking at both the amendment and the clause, I ask noble Lords to look at the power within the c...

Lord Glentoran | 690 c222GC (Link to this contribution) Having listened to the noble Lord, Lord Lester, I am no lawyer and can be outgunned from every direc...

Lord Rooker | 690 c211-2GC (Link to this contribution) I gathered the noble Baroness was reading from a document pre-dating the Government’s changes. In ot...

Lord Rooker | 690 c214-5GC (Link to this contribution) I have lost a bet I made with myself because I thought the words ““police ombudsman”” would be utter...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c216-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 35: 35: Clause 20, page 16, line 6, at end insert ““reasonably”” The noble Lo...

Lord Tordoff | 690 c205GC (Link to this contribution) In calling Amendment No. 25, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lester, I point out that, were it t...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c204-5GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful. I hope that the commission will carefully read what the Minister has said, and reflec...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c208-9GC (Link to this contribution) First, I thank the Minister and wish to say that I made a mistake, for which I apologise. He is perf...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c209-10GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 31: 31: Clause 19 , page 15, line 25, leave out ““and”” and insert ““or”” The...

Lord Rooker | 690 c207-8GC (Link to this contribution) I take what the noble Lord, Lord Lester, said at the start of his speech regarding the fact that he ...

Lord Tordoff | 690 c199GC (Link to this contribution) I start, as usual, by saying that if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, this C...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c199-201GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 24: 24: Clause 15 , page 13, line 17, leave out ““means”” and insert ““include...

Lord Trimble | 690 c242-4GC (Link to this contribution) Towards the end of his comments, the Minister said that there will be no no-go areas and no vigilant...

Lord Glentoran | 690 c237-8GC (Link to this contribution) I support the noble Lord’s remarks and the amendment, understanding his reasoning behind it. Those ...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c227-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 43: 43: Schedule 3, page 37, line 29, leave out ““four”” and insert ““two”” T...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 690 c230GC (Link to this contribution) The other benefit of your Lordships’ House, including in Grand Committee, is that we are self-regula...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c225GC (Link to this contribution) One wants to avoid the situation described in an American short story where a father is driving his ...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c220-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 36: 36: Clause 21, page 16, line 27, leave out from first ““he”” to end of lin...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c219-20GC (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the Minister. I would like to discuss this further with my colleagues on the J...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c223-4GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. A surprising and extraordinary fact about me is that I served in nati...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 690 c211GC (Link to this contribution) I was referring to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission report at that time.

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 690 c213-4GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. The reason that I shook my head was not because I thought the Freedom...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 690 c210-1GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak to Clause 19 stand part. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission said that Claus...

Lord Rooker | 690 c204GC (Link to this contribution) Committee stage is an opportunity to consider everything that is said but, to the best of my knowled...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 690 c206-7GC (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak to the Amendments Nos. 27 and 29 in my name and that of my noble friend. The Norther...

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