Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill

How can the hon. Lady say that my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister did not see the nee...

The right hon. Gentleman has made his point, and we will obviously disagree on what I have just s...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will give way, but, as I have said, I do want to get on to the substantive issues.

I am grateful to the shadow Minister for giving way. Will she just clarify briefly the further ca...

What I will come on to say about some of the concerns we have might help the hon. Gentleman, but ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will one more time.

The hon. Lady talks about web logs. Will she clarify the Opposition’s long-term position on that ...

I will just reiterate that we are dealing with clause 17, and we are very mindful that we want to...

The hon. Lady has produced a formidable list of questions, but I only have one for her, on amendm...

I am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s observations on amendment 5. As with the previous gr...

The hon. Lady referred to journalists, but how broadly would she or her colleagues define “journa...

I have the disadvantage of speaking first on this group of amendments, and obviously, this is not...

The hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) is right to seek clarification to sa...

On that point—

Goodness me, I have barely started, but I will give way.

Does my right hon. Friend agree that this provision does not keep up with the technology, and tha...

The hon. Gentleman has a strange desire, which he has expressed during a previous speech, to exte...

The right hon. Gentleman is making a perfectly valid point. In the midst of the more hyperbolic p...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman’s observation, which points to part of the purpose of the process...

I wish to begin by providing some context. The Intelligence and Security Committee’s report in Fe...

The right hon. Gentleman makes a powerful case for us to go further. What would he do now? He has...

Had the hon. Gentleman waited a while longer, I was about to say what more could be done. It is r...

Does the right hon. Gentleman also accept that the increased knowledge of the general public and—...

The hon. Gentleman is quite right and he, like me, is a member of the Intelligence and Security C...

Is the right hon. Gentleman happy for me to put it on the record that it is also the case that ma...

As always, the hon. Gentleman makes a good point. Sometimes the difficulty is that the amount of ...

indicated dissent.

I look forward to hearing what my hon. Friend has to say. I acknowledge that he and his supporter...

Everyone else who has spoken so far seems to have explained my amendments, and I am grateful to t...

It might be better expressed as “protection for sources”, because the primary concern is not to g...

Exactly. I was not arguing for preferential status for journalists—God forbid that I do that here...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I hope the hon. Gentleman is not going to ask me a detailed question about my long-term future po...

Does the hon. Gentleman not agree that a mechanism is already in place, because David Anderson is...

That is a valid point. I tabled the amendments to say that there is a sense of urgency. Something...

I intend to address that point specifically when I respond to the debate, which I hope will be he...

I am never sure what it means when a Minister says that he is about to be helpful. He was helpful...

I very much agree that we should be proud of the traditions of a free press in this country. The ...

My right hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley says that my local parish priest rather optimistical...

It is important that we distinguish what we are talking about here—the protection of the conversa...

Let me give one example of where RIPA was used. The case of Kirsty Green was in the evidence pres...

We have had an interesting and informative debate focusing on the broader aspects of the ability ...

Without giving a preview of anything in the Committee report, I think it is important, for the be...

I appreciate the comments of my hon. Friend. As a member of the Intelligence and Security Committ...

Just a question to the Minister—does this also apply to medical in confidence communication betwe...

I am not sure that my hon. Friend would ever be out to lunch, particularly at 3.26 in the afterno...

I have a suggestion. Where a situation is changing rapidly, such issues are sometimes dealt with ...

I recognise that in certain circumstances that might be appropriate, but the challenge in this ca...

It will be almost two years since the Liberal Democrats and one or two other Members scuppered th...

This issue is not going away, and we need to make further changes. I can see the eroding capabili...

Does my hon. Friend accept that another issue, which was skilfully outlined by the hon. Member fo...

I am sure that that issue will be presented in representations made to David Anderson as part of ...

I am grateful to the Minister for launching the consultation on the code of practice. It is impor...

I am constrained in what I can say because of the legal action that the hon. Gentleman highlights...

I thank the Minister for going through all the questions that I posed. On the basis of what he ha...

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Clause 19 stand part.

Claus...

Part 4 and schedule 2 deal with aviation, maritime and rail security. For the benefit of the Comm...

The Minister has not mentioned this so far, although I assume he will come to it, but is it corre...

As my hon. Friend will realise, provisions in the Bill overlap with other issues and provisions. ...

We are all aware that Eurotunnel is expanding its services, with more train services going to the...

Under existing regulations and requirements, existing Eurostar and freight services through the c...

There has been a change on the Opposition Front Bench, while the Minister has had to continue, bu...

While endorsing everything my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (Mr Hanson) has said and in ...

In the old days, when I was working with the security services in Northern Ireland, it used to be...

The hon. Gentleman is far more informed on these matters than I am, and I certainly would not arg...

I am grateful for the warm welcome given to these provisions from all parts of the House this aft...