Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill [HL]

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Wednesday, 6 October 2010, in the House of Lords.

Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill (HL). Lords committee stage debate. Clause 1 agreed to. Clauses 2-49 agreed to, with clauses 2 to 6, 19, 22, 23, 36, 40 and 47 agreed to as amended. Schedule 1 agreed to as amended. Schedule 2 agreed to. Title as amended agreed. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 20 2010-12).

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

721 c120-74, c190-214

Session

2010-12

Department

Home Office

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill (HL). Explanatory Notes HL Bill 15-En also published.
Thursday, 15 July 2010
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House of Lords

Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill (HL). As amended in Committee. (Lords Minutes).
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
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Proceeding contributions

Lord Pannick | 721 c145 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, welcome government Amendment 57 on the right of appeal. This seems to be a strong ...

Baroness Noakes | 721 c145-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government’s move away from the judicial review basis to a more natural appeals proces...

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Lord Sassoon | 721 c143 (Link to this contribution) One has to go back to the definition of terrorist activity in Clause 2(2). I cannot do more than dra...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c143-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will not leave the Minister in suspense. In view of the point made by the noble Lord, Lo...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c144 (Link to this contribution) 5: Clause 2, page 2, line 7, at end insert— ““(1A) Such designation shall expire after 30 days unles...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c144-5 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak also to Amendments 6, 14, 16, 17, 26, 35, 47, 50, 60, 61 and 62 which are tabled in my...

Lord Elystan-Morgan | 721 c142-3 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the Minister for giving way. I accept of course that there has to be very wide...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c142 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, let me attempt to deal with this. I certainly feel that I live in the real world in that I...

Lord Pannick | 721 c143 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister finishes, is he prepared to give the assurance that the concept of being involve...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c143 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Elystan-Morgan, but I must reiterate that we are trying here t...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c152 (Link to this contribution) I heard that; I took it as a general comment. I was particularly concerned about the words in what w...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c151 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my apologies for ignoring the wonderful country of Caledonia, which I love very much. It w...

Lord Pannick | 721 c150 (Link to this contribution) Do the Government accept, on special advocates, that the AF case would apply in this context, as it ...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c151 (Link to this contribution) I think that I am right in saying that the noble Lord represented successful appellants in the case ...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c148-50 (Link to this contribution) This has been a useful debate. There has been a general welcome from all sides of the Committee for ...

Lord Davidson of Glen Clova | 721 c148 (Link to this contribution) Then I will not make it.

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c148 (Link to this contribution) I have got the point before the noble and learned Lord makes it.

Lord Davidson of Glen Clova | 721 c147 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as noted earlier, the issue of civil liberties was raised in respect of the terrorist asse...

Lord Sentamu | 721 c146 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, earlier I supported interim versus final designation, as the Government have proposed in t...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 721 c152 (Link to this contribution) 7: Clause 2, page 2, line 7, at end insert— ““( ) In making a designation under subsection (1), the ...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 721 c152-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to the amendments grouped with Amendment 7, including Amendment 51, whi...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c154-6 (Link to this contribution) Let us deal with that point. I am advised that Clause 13 gives all the power that is necessary to gr...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 721 c156 (Link to this contribution) With the Minister’s categorical reassurance buttressing the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Noa...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 721 c153 (Link to this contribution) My name is on Amendment 48 along with that of my noble friend Lady Hamwee. Before I speak to it, I s...

Baroness Noakes | 721 c154 (Link to this contribution) I have one question in connection with Amendment 51 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Ol...

Lord Davies of Stamford | 721 c160 (Link to this contribution) I quite understand that the noble Lord is trying to tease me in this way and he is welcome to do so,...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c160 (Link to this contribution) First, I should say that I am grateful to the most reverend Primate. If we have managed to raise a b...

Lord Sentamu | 721 c159-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not want to detain the House. I am one of those who has been anxious about designatio...

Lord Davies of Stamford | 721 c156-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will make two points. The first relates to the issue that we have been debating, about w...

Lord Davies of Stamford | 721 c161 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way at the last minute. I take note of the fact that obvi...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c161-2 (Link to this contribution) Of course I am happy to take back to my colleagues the noble Lord's concerns, but I reiterate that t...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c162 (Link to this contribution) 11: Clause 3, page 2, line 23, leave out ““designate”” and insert ““make a final designation of”” A...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c162 (Link to this contribution) 12: Clause 3, page 2, line 26, leave out ““must”” and insert ““may””

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c162 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak also to Amendment 13 and hope that discussion of the two amendments will take two or t...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c162-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I fully appreciate that the intention of Amendments 12 and 13 is to give the Treasury flex...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c163 (Link to this contribution) If my noble friend will permit me to go on, I will get to the answer to that challenge and explain w...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 721 c163 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to my noble friend for interrupting him in mid-flow, but I wanted to capture his previou...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c163-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had not thought of the point about danger to the designated person and his family. Actua...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c165 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will do more than consider it. I beg leave to withdraw Amendment 24. Amendment 24 withd...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c165 (Link to this contribution) 25: Clause 5, page 3, line 17, after ““a”” insert ““final”” Amendment 25 agreed. Amendment 26 not ...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c164 (Link to this contribution) In speaking briefly to Amendments 24 and 28, I perhaps come from a different stance from that for th...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c164-5 (Link to this contribution) Let me try to address my noble friend’s concerns about Clauses 4 and 5. As she said, Amendments 24 a...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c164 (Link to this contribution) 18: Clause 4, page 3, line 4, after ““a”” insert ““final”” 19: Clause 4, page 3, line 6, after ““r...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c164 (Link to this contribution) 24: Clause 4, page 3, line 14, leave out ““they consider appropriate”” and insert ““are necessary””

Lord Sassoon | 721 c164 (Link to this contribution) 15: Clause 4, page 3, line 2, after ““A”” insert ““final”” Amendment 15 agreed. Amendments 16 and ...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c165-6 (Link to this contribution) 27: Clause 5, page 3, line 18, after ““a”” insert ““final”” Amendment 27 agreed. Amendment 28 not ...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c169 (Link to this contribution) 38: Clause 8, page 4, line 32, after ““indirectly”” insert ““, with the intention of benefitting the...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c169 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak also to Amendments 41, 42, 44 and 49. Here, we come to the prohibitions—again, creatin...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c169-71 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the amendments in this group enjoy a similar theme, it is perhaps not surprisingly that...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c171-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall certainly do so. I am grateful for the Minister’s explanation of the term ““indire...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c167 (Link to this contribution) 34: Clause 6, page 3, line 31, leave out ““, or has reasonable cause to suspect,””

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c167-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 36, 37, 39, 40 and 43. Clause 6 creates an offence, so we...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c168 (Link to this contribution) I shall take Amendments 34 and 36 in turn. Amendment 34 would limit the effectiveness of the provisi...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c168-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for that. I had to think very carefully about how to express the bulk of my ...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c167 (Link to this contribution) 33: Clause 6, page 3, line 24, after ““3(4)”” insert ““or (Notification of interim designation)(4)””...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c172 (Link to this contribution) 45: Clause 12, page 6, line 12, at end insert— ““( ) The prohibitions in section 8 to 11 are not con...

Lord Pannick | 721 c173 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very sympathetic to the amendment for two reasons. First, it seems to me right and pr...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c172-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at last we come to some single amendments. Amendment 45 would provide that the prohibition...

Lord Davidson of Glen Clova | 721 c191-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the purpose of our amendments is to raise the broad issue of compensation and indemnity fo...

Lord Davidson of Glen Clova | 721 c190 (Link to this contribution) 46: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause— ““Compensation (1) The Secretary of State shal...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c174 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we come up against the issue of policy and legislative provision yet again. The oversight ...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c173-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is an important amendment, and one that is somewhat foreshadowed by the comments of t...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c193-4 (Link to this contribution) I acknowledge that point. My understanding is that if a person other than the designated person had ...

Baroness Noakes | 721 c193 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for interrupting the Minister. If I turn to Amendment 57, I see that it is the designate...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c192-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in responding to the amendment, I congratulate the noble and learned Lord, Lord Davidson o...

Baroness Noakes | 721 c192 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that the Minister has ““resist”” written in large letters all over his speaking ...

Lord Pannick | 721 c194 (Link to this contribution) I would like clarification in relation to compensation. As I understood the Minister, he suggests th...

Lord Davidson of Glen Clova | 721 c194-5 (Link to this contribution) I am invited to withdraw, and the Minister has always been remarkably persuasive when I appeared aga...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c194 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for that intervention. I sought to draw a distinction, which I think...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c195 (Link to this contribution) This is a short amendment to Clause 16, which gives the Treasury powers to request information. Unde...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c195 (Link to this contribution) 53: Clause 16, page 8, line 5, leave out ““the Treasury believe that””

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c196 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful. I beg leave to withdraw. Amendment 53 withdrawn. Clause 16 agreed. Clause 17 agree...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c195-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend for this amendment. As she has indicated, the effect of the amendment would ...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c196 (Link to this contribution) 54: Clause 18, page 9, line 29 at end insert— ““(3) A person must comply with a request under this C...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c196-7 (Link to this contribution) This amendment is longer but I hope the debate will not take us very long. We have just dealt with C...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c197-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a short technical amendment. Clause 19 as a whole provides that the Treasury may d...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c197 (Link to this contribution) 55: Clause 19, page 9, line 43, at end insert— ““(ba) to any law officer of the Crown for Jersey or ...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c197 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, indeed I am reassured and I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 54 withdrawn. ...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c197 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as my noble friend has explained, the underlying concern which her amendment seeks to addr...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c199-200 (Link to this contribution) 58: Clause 22, page 11, line 9, at end insert ““other than a decision to which section (Appeal to th...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c199 (Link to this contribution) 57: Before Clause 22, insert the following new Clause— ““Appeal to the court in relation to designat...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c199 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, my Lords, I am grateful and I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 56 withdrawn. ...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c198-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as my noble friend has made clear, the suggestion behind the amendment is that subsection ...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c198 (Link to this contribution) This is another amendment for which I am obliged to Liberty and Justice. Clause 21(1) provides that,...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c198 (Link to this contribution) 56: Clause 21, page 10, line 28, leave out from beginning to ““nothing”” in line 30

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c200 (Link to this contribution) 70: Clause 23, page 12, line 1, leave out subsection (4)

Lord Sassoon | 721 c200 (Link to this contribution) 64: Clause 23, page 11, line 24, after ““on”” insert ““an appeal under section (Appeal to the court ...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 721 c201 (Link to this contribution) If Amendment 70 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 71 to 73 because of pre-emption.

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c200 (Link to this contribution) The amendment would remove Clause 23(4), which applies the provisions of the Counter-Terrorism Act t...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c200 (Link to this contribution) 63: Clause 22, page 11, line 17, leave out subsection (5) Amendment 63 agreed. Clause 22, as amend...

Lord Pannick | 721 c204 (Link to this contribution) Can we be clear about this? Although the Government have introduced a very welcome right of appeal f...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 721 c201-2 (Link to this contribution) I speak to this amendment on the basis that I was a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights in...

Lord Pannick | 721 c201 (Link to this contribution) Noble Lords are very familiar with the problems—the unfairness and the practical difficulties—that a...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c202-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 70 from my noble friend Lady Hamwee raises some important points about the use o...

Lord Sentamu | 721 c202 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, under the new clause inserted before Clause 22 by Amendment 57, which we have just agreed,...

Lord Elystan-Morgan | 721 c141 (Link to this contribution) I have profound regard and respect for the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, but I am concerned a...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 721 c142 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is the term ““the real world”” used by my noble friend Lord Carlile that provokes me to...

Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 721 c141 (Link to this contribution) Does the noble Lord accept that in the real world, as I understand it, the defendant will have to be...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 721 c141 (Link to this contribution) I agree that that may be the case but, even if it is, the exigencies of the situation will have been...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 721 c141 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lady Hamwee has provoked me, at least into saying to her that it will cost...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 721 c140 (Link to this contribution) The term is ““joint enterprise””.

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c140 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend. I could not have afforded that advice but I am very grateful for it. As I s...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c139 (Link to this contribution) 4: Clause 2, page 1, line 17, leave out ““is or has been involved in terrorist activity”” and insert...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c139-40 (Link to this contribution) I will also speak to Amendments 8 and 9. The term in Clause 2 with which I am particularly concerned...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c139 (Link to this contribution) 2: Clause 2, page 1, line 16, leave out ““have reasonable grounds for suspecting”” and insert ““reas...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c137-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend and entirely take her point that it would be a matter for the Treasury repor...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c138-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am reluctant to get too far into the details of the Kadi case. As the noble and learned ...

Lord Brougham and Vaux | 721 c139 (Link to this contribution) Before I call Amendment 2, I should inform the Committee that if this amendment is agreed to, I cann...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c136 (Link to this contribution) Ultimately it is the responsibility of the Executive to make these orders. They have the operational...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 721 c136 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister accept that this is a highly controversial matter, that I for one have t...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c136-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall come to the Kadi case although I should note that it does not directly relate to t...

Baroness Noakes | 721 c137 (Link to this contribution) I probably did not express myself particularly well when I put the point to my noble friend. I was n...

Lord Davies of Stamford | 721 c136 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is answering me by saying that the balance is in favour of the Treasury route because i...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 721 c130-1 (Link to this contribution) I agree with everything that has been said by everyone—including the congratulations to the Governme...

Lord Myners | 721 c129-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join others in giving credit to the Minister for the changes that have been made on the ...

Lord Sentamu | 721 c128-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the debate on Second Reading on 29 July, I supported the noble Baronesses, Lady Hamwee ...

Baroness Noakes | 721 c127-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was not able to take part at Second Reading, which I regretted as, when I sat in the sea...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c126-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, on his energy in tabling Amendment 3 relative...

Lord Pannick | 721 c124-6 (Link to this contribution) The reasonable suspicion criterion was a feature of the Bill that caused concern both in your Lordsh...

Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 721 c122-4 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may be permitted to start the ball rolling before my noble friend Lord Pannick speaks. I a...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c120-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before moving the government amendment, I will make some brief introductory remarks to the...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c120 (Link to this contribution) 1: Clause 2, page 1, line 15, leave out ““designate”” and insert ““make a final designation of””

Lord Sassoon | 721 c135 (Link to this contribution) The issue here, as the Government see it, is to get a workable regime that is able to respond flexib...

Lord Davies of Stamford | 721 c135 (Link to this contribution) Following the point just made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd, if the Bill were to place t...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c134-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the important contributions that we have had to this discussion and for ...

Lord Davidson of Glen Clova | 721 c133-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the last Government passed the provisional Bill earlier this year to validate existing ass...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c135 (Link to this contribution) I do not believe that the rules about what evidence can be brought before the court are in any way c...

Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 721 c135 (Link to this contribution) Will it be open to the Treasury to make an order in a case where it cannot be revealed to the defend...

Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 721 c131 (Link to this contribution) Can the noble Lord think of any case other than control orders where orders of this kind and having ...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 721 c131 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as the shortly outgoing independent reviewer of the Terrorism Act 20...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 721 c132 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my voice to the chorus of those congratulating the Minister on having contemplated o...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 721 c131-2 (Link to this contribution) There are no other orders that are comparable with these, so any other context would seem to me not ...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 721 c208 (Link to this contribution) The report by the Constitution Committee, of which the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, and I are members, ...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c208-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall take these amendments in turn. As my noble friend said, Amendment 75 relates to th...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c210 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. With regard to Amendment 75, I think he said that I was see...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c210 (Link to this contribution) 80: Clause 28, page 14, line 1, leave out ““or connivance””

Lord Sassoon | 721 c212 (Link to this contribution) 89: Clause 47, page 23, line 18, leave out ““amendment”” and insert ““amendments”” 90: Clause 47, ...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c212 (Link to this contribution) 84: Clause 40, page 20, line 17, after ““a”” insert ““final”” 85: Clause 40, page 20, line 17, aft...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c211 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to confirm for my noble friend that the language in respect of both issues is in fact sta...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c210-1 (Link to this contribution) I will be quick. Clause 28 provides for offences by company officers and uses a term that I have not...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c211-2 (Link to this contribution) 82: Clause 36, page 18, line 23, at end insert— ““““final designation”” means a designation under se...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c211 (Link to this contribution) Shucks, I never thought of health and safety. I would not seek to detain the Committee by asking the...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 721 c204 (Link to this contribution) The forensic intervention of the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, has gone to the heart of the problem. If ...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c204-5 (Link to this contribution) I recognise and appreciate the zeal with which my noble friend makes her point. I reiterate that the...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c204 (Link to this contribution) As I believe I indicated when I started to address this matter, the starting point is that the indiv...

Lord Davidson of Glen Clova | 721 c208 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 78 and 79, which stand in my name and that of my noble friend ...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c207-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 76 and 77. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Davidson, and...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c207 (Link to this contribution) 75: Clause 24, page 12, line 11, at end insert ““(including licences granted, varied or revoked)””

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c206-7 (Link to this contribution) This group of government amendments make provision for court rules for the hearing of challenges to ...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c205-6 (Link to this contribution) 74: After Clause 23, insert the following new Clause— ““Initial exercise of powers to make rules of ...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c205 (Link to this contribution) 71: Clause 23, page 12, line 4, after ““on”” insert ““an appeal under section (Appeal to the court i...

Baroness Hamwee | 721 c205 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Pannick, as my noble friend said, has described the situation very graphically....

Lord Sassoon | 721 c212-4 (Link to this contribution) 92: Schedule 1, page 25, line 5, at end insert— ““Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c214 (Link to this contribution) 94: In the Title, line 2, leave out ““suspected of involvement”” and insert ““believed or suspected ...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c214 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall be brief. We have had a good and important discussion in Committee today. One of t...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 721 c151-2 (Link to this contribution) I thought that I had indeed indicated that it is our belief that the court has the discretion to giv...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c160-1 (Link to this contribution) I will try briefly to help the Committee. There is a judgment to be taken in many areas where the Ex...

Lord Sassoon | 721 c166-7 (Link to this contribution) 29: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause— ““Treasury’s power to make interim designation ...

Lord Borrie | 721 c140 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and her colleague whose name is also attached to this ame...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 721 c138 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to interrupt my noble friend the Minister, but he is putting his own gloss on the judgmen...

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