Justice and Security Bill [Lords]

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Government amendment 57

Ame...

After that interesting debate about the basis for the important reforms that are taking place to ...

I accept the validity of what my hon. Friend says, but the problem is that in that formulation th...

My hon. Friend, in his customary way, has highlighted the genuine challenges that both the Govern...

I am following the Minister’s argument closely, and I acknowledge that it is difficult to get the...

I hear the point that the right hon. Lady makes. The intent of the changes in the Bill is to unde...

Perhaps I might endorse the Minister’s enthusiasm for the public hearings, which would constitute...

Informal discussions have taken place to work through the detailed and technical issues that need...

I hope the Minister will recognise that the concern expressed by all of us as members of the Inte...

I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. There is scope to deal with this further in the memorand...

In the absence of my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kensington, may I say how grate...

I understand. I look forward to continuing informal discussions, and hope that agreement on the m...

Does the Minister agree that this is a similar dilemma to the one we faced on the question of pub...

I fully respect what my hon. Friend has said. We have given careful consideration, at length, to ...

I just want to advise the Minister—who might not need advising—and the House that there is a Join...

I entirely agree with the right hon. and learned Gentleman; hence the reason the Government have ...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his explicit recognition of the fact that the Committee h...

As the right hon. Lady says, the Committee already receives information on ongoing operational ma...

I am following the Minister’s argument closely. It would be helpful if he told us how he envisage...

This relates to operational matters and inquiries by the Committee. We have had discussions about...

The Minister will have gathered from the contributions from the right hon. Members for Salford an...

I absolutely agree and direct my hon. Friend to the provisions in schedule 1, particularly the pa...

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I will give way to the right hon. Gentleman and the right hon. Lady, but then, because of time co...

I am grateful. Does the Minister not accept that the word “voluntarily” goes against the spirit o...

I take note of that point, but let me take the right hon. Lady’s intervention before I respond. S...

The Minister is likely to face a unanimous view on this issue—certainly from members of the Commi...

In their contributions this afternoon, members of the ISC have clearly underlined the robust scru...

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I am conscious of how long I have already spoken for, but I will give way one last time.

The Minister has been generous and is providing an excellent defence of his position, but he does...

I hear the clear statements, but I have sought to respond in an equally clear fashion on why we j...

I want to discuss amendment 75, which deals with the Osmotherly rules, amendment 76, which deals ...

The so-called Osmotherly rules were devised by the Executive but were never accepted in any form ...

That is an interesting point, but because of the way in which the Bill is drafted and because of ...

The ISC has, on occasion, sought permission from Ministers in a previous Administration to obtain...

It is helpful to know that. However, time is pressing, so I shall move on to amendment 76. The Mi...

Would the effect of amendment 76 be that if, for example, the ISC uncovered evidence of collusion...

I have tabled this amendment because I am not satisfied that the provisions the Government have p...

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Order. There are four Members trying to catch my eye on this set of amendments and the knife fall...

I shall be brief. On amendment 73, in the light of the undertaking given by the Minister to my ho...

Amendment 71 seeks to provide some form of recourse for people who have been defamed by the UK se...

Perhaps some of my right hon. Friends will explain to the hon. Lady the powers that exist to deal...

I am not convinced that the Committee would be acting in a quasi-judicial role; I would share the...

I wish to be helpful to the hon. Lady, and I think that the Investigatory Powers Tribunal is the ...

In the interests of time, I will leave the matter there and pursue it via other avenues. I am gra...

I am entirely sympathetic to what the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) has sai...

I want to consider briefly the restrictive wording of parts of clause 2 and the voluntary issue t...

This has been a useful debate underlining the importance the House attaches to the scrutiny provi...

I appreciate the Minister’s rehearsing the Government’s commitment to getting Shaker Aamer back f...

I can only say that decisions about the release of Mr Aamer rest entirely with the US Government....

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

I commend the Bill in its present ...

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Order. I feel sure that the hon. Member for Hammersmith (Mr Slaughter) will match the exemplary b...

I am most grateful for your advice, Mr Speaker. I am sorry that the Minister without Portfolio di...

The hon. Gentleman has again made references to matters connected with the Liberal Democrats in r...

I certainly would not commit myself to repealing part 2, because it includes the Norwich Pharmaca...

Part 1 of this Bill is a logical extension of a process that began approximately 20 years ago. Th...

I very much respect the views of the right hon. and learned Gentleman, but is he satisfied, as a ...

It is a procedure that already exists in our law. If my hon. Friend is concerned about the univer...

Yes, that argument was lost a long time ago, but is that a reason to pass the Bill into law when ...

Since the hon. Gentleman puts the point that way, let us turn it around and ask what he would do....

It is always open to the defendant to choose not to adduce evidence to support his case. If the s...

But if the case raises the kind of issues that were raised in the case of Binyam Mohamed, what do...

I have a great deal of respect for the right hon. and learned Member for North East Fife (Sir Men...

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The debate will finish no later than 5 o’clock, so can all Members please show time restraint in ...

I will not go down the route that has so far been followed in this Third Reading debate, other th...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis), who brought his ...

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Order. I think there are still three Members standing.

4.43 pm

It is fascinating to follow Members’ comments on the internal dynamics of all parties, but I will...

As a new member of the Joint Committee, and with the Chairman in his place, I would like to say t...

I agree. That is now firmly on the record.

As a result of the Joint Committee’s work in the...

There are still two Members left to speak. I call Jeremy Corbyn.

4.49 pm

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I think you are asking me to be very brief.

I am suggesting that you split the time limit.

Oh, you are asking me to do maths as well. I will be extremely brief.

I have no quarrel wit...

I am sorry to intervene late in my hon. Friend’s speech. Not only did we not vote on part 2; we d...

My hon. Friend makes a strong point and it is well put. The relationship with other security serv...

I want to have a conversation with my good friend, my hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East ...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I was about to finish, but I will give way.

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is a rule of law that if the Government are not able to defend ...

Yes, my hon. and learned Friend is an experienced leading counsel. I would have thought that ther...