Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill (Business of the House)

My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary explained the situation clearly in her statement last wee...

I support the principle of what the Government are trying to do, but, like many people, I would t...

My hon. Friend will know that proposed legislation is always given due consideration. No Governme...

Why was there no discussion with parties other than the Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Conserv...

We have engaged on the purpose and nature of the Bill and there have been discussions across the ...

I recognise the urgency in starting consideration of this Bill, but was the Minister denied a def...

My hon. Friend needs to recognise—I am sure he does—the sensitivity and importance of communicati...

The Home Secretary was rather less than clear at the Home Affairs Committee yesterday, so will th...

There is a risk in relation to co-operation on the use of the powers; indeed, there may be legal ...

Why will the Minister not extend the Bill’s provisions only to the autumn, when there could be a ...

I am sure that we will have plenty of opportunity to discuss the issues of timing and of why we j...

It is a pleasure to speak at the start of what will be a long day’s debate on this important piec...

On the six-month period, I understand that Opposition Front Benchers have accepted the Government...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that issue, which is important on two fronts. We have...

Will the right hon. Gentleman provide some clarification? In the event of a Labour Government —it...

We are currently discussing the programme motion and the allocation of time, and I am trying to i...

rose—

Order. There is no time limit on speeches but, before I call the next speaker, I urge colleagues ...

I shall abide by your request, Mr Speaker, and make just two brief comments on the points that ha...

Order. The right hon. and learned Member for Kensington (Sir Malcolm Rifkind) has just offered a ...

I consider this to be an outright abuse of parliamentary procedure. I will certainly vote against...

To follow on from my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kensington (Sir Malcolm Rifkind...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I am going to be very fast and finish on this point.

Parliament has three roles: to scr...

In the brief time that we have, I think that I should put it on the record that MPs had only 47 m...

I would have thought that our fundamental duty was to protect the freedom of the individual. As i...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will finish my point.

If it takes three months to agree to something in the coalition, th...

I am very concerned about this rush to legislate because, as we all know, if one legislates in ha...

rose—

Order. Notwithstanding what has been said about the truncated time that has been available for th...

I intend to speak only briefly. I think that there is an urgency to passing this legislation, and...

I support the timetable motion and will briefly set out why. I have been in the position of havin...

I want to ask a question. It seemed to me that the right hon. Member for Delyn (Mr Hanson) made a...

I want to speak to the timetable motion rather than to the content of the Bill, because it is an ...

The subject of the Bill is of profound importance to members of the public who care about such ma...

You rightly counsel us to be brief, Mr Speaker, and I will be of course, but it is important to c...

I recognise the seriousness of the activities covered by the Bill and I understand why the Home S...

I acknowledge your entreaties to be very brief, Mr Speaker. We would not normally be discussing t...

I want to speak very briefly in support of the comments made by the right hon. Member for Blackbu...

I do not doubt for an instant the seriousness of the Government’s concerns about their present le...

Like some other hon. Members, I will be opposing the motion. This House should not be microwaving...

What we have been asked to do today—to railroad the Bill through Parliament—is, given the sheer i...

May I say to the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart) that the Government ha...